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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lewle

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

Noun

*lewle

  1. soul
  2. spirit

Derived terms
  • *lewltä- (“to breathe”)

Descendants
  • Ugric
    • Hungarian: lélek
    • Proto-Khanty: *līl (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Permic: *löl (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *lievlë (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *leülü (< *lewlew) (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.
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