Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lome

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Uralic

Reconstruction

One of the words showing raising of *o to *u in the Finno-Permic languages. Has been in various sources also reconstructed as lume or lumi.

Noun

*lome

snow

Synonyms

*kume

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *jom- (“to snow”) (see there for further descendants)
Ugric:
- ? Hungarian: (dialectal) lom (“rime”)
Proto-Permic: *lu̇m (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari: *lŭm (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *lovə (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *lomë (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *lumi (see there for further descendants)

References

Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

Entry #496 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.