Reconstruction:Proto-Khanty/mĕl

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-Ob-Ugric *mĭl, from Proto-Ugric *melɜ.

Adjective

*mĕl

  1. deep

Notes

For all Old Khanty variants their meaning is depth.

Descendants

  • Old Northern Khanty: мель (mjel’); метль (mjetl’) (Beryozovo) (18. century)
    • Northern Khanty: мӑԓ (măł) (Kazym), маԯ (mał) (Shuryshkar), мӑԯ (măł) (Priuralsky)
  • Old Eastern Khanty: милика (milika) (Vasyugan), миль (mil’) (Lumpokol) (18. century)
    • Eastern Khanty: мǝԓ (mǝł) (Surgut), мӛл (mjəl) (Vakh), мял (mjal) (Vasyugan), мǝԓ (mǝł) (Yugan)
  • Old Southern Khanty: метлъ (mjetl”) (Tobolsk) (18. century)
    • Southern Khanty: мыт (myt) (Konda)

References

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