Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śajwa

Reconstruction
UEW gives the reconstruction, but this does not match any of the descendants. Contrast.

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 ). This may suggest that the word is originally a derivative:.

Noun

 * 1) clay

Descendants

 * Samoyedic:
 * Selkup:
 * Kamassian:
 * Samic: ? *čuojvē, *čuovjē
 * Samic: ? *čuojvē, *čuovjē
 * Samic: ? *čuojvē, *čuovjē