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      Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śajwa
Proto-Uralic
    
    Reconstruction
    
UEW gives the reconstruction *śojwa, but this does not match any of the descendants. Contrast *ojwa (“head”).
The cluster *jw is reconstructed on the basis of Sami, but also *wj is possible, as metathesis *vj > *jv is regular in Kola Sami (compare Proto-Samic *čoavjē). This may suggest that the word is originally a derivative: *śawe + *-ja.
Synonyms
    
Descendants
    
References
    
- Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
 
External links
    
- Entry #971 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
 
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