Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies
Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies

Summary/Abstract: This paper is the fifth part in a series of studies that present additions to the corpus of etymological comparisons between the Uralic languages, drawing data from all the major branches of the language family. It includes both previously unnoticed cognates that can be added to already established Uralic cognate sets, as well as a few completely new reconstructions of Uralic word roots. In this fifth part new Uralic etymologies for ten Permic (Komi and Udmurt) words are discussed. The etymologized words are: Udm či̮ž ’rosy, ruddy’ (< PU *čijči); Udm ki̮l'a- ’be too wide; be shaky’ (< PU *küljä); Komi kurav- ’gather’, Udm kurja- ’scrape’ (< PU *korja-); Komi ne̮d-ki̮l ’riddle’, Udm nod ’cleverness’ (< PU *näki-ntä); Komi pi̮rig, Udm pi̮ri̮ ’crumb’ (< PU *puri-); Komi sot-, Udm suti̮- ’burn’ (< PU *se(w)-ptä-); Komi šog ’grief’, Udm šug ’difficult’ (< PU *šeŋkä); Komi and Udm ti̮š ’battle’ (< PU *tukšV); Komi uńe̮ ’quiet, gentle person; quiet, gentle; cunning’ (< PU *i̮ńa); Komi uź-, Udm iźi̮- ’sleep’ (< PU *i̮śi-w-).

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