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Prasamodijskaja leksika ­material'noj kul'tury
Lexicon of Samoyed Material Culture

Author(s): A. V. Dybo, Juliya Victorovna Normanskaya
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Samoyed languages; lexicon; etymologies; loanwords

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the lexicon specific to Proto-Samoyed material culture, and its origin. In addition to the analysis of the available etymologies some new ones are also suggested. As for its origin, the relevant wordstock can be divided into words of Proto-Uralic and Proto-Samoyed origins, loanwords from Proto-Tungus-Manchu, Proto-Turkic, Proto-Yeniseian, Middle Persian and ­Paleo-Asiatic languages, and a few words with unknown origin.

  • Issue Year: LII/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 44-53
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian
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