Reconstruction:Proto-Khanty/num

This Proto-Khanty 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-Khanty

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *numɜ.

Adjective

*num

  1. upper

Notes

Old Khanty words are compounds,second element торомъ means heaven or God.

Descendants

  • Old Northern Khanty: нумъ-торомъ (num”-torom”) (Beryozovo) (18. century)
    • Northern Khanty: нўм (nŭm) (Kazym), нум (num) (Middle Ob), нум (num) (Shuryshkar), нўм (nŭm) (Priuralsky)
  • Old Eastern Khanty: нумъ-то́ромъ (num”-tórom”) (Lumpokol) (18. century)
  • Southern Khanty: нум (num) (Konda)

References

  • Geschichte des obugrischen Vokalismus der ersten Silbe, László Honti, 1982
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