On the History of the Word Niz’ ‘Sable’ in the Udmurt Language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22275547 |
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| Authors | L M Ivshin (0000-0003-3774-2617, Vladimir State University for the Humanities, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-98 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Istoriko-kulʹturnoe nasledie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 3034-2139 • E-ISSN: 3034-2139 |
| Publisher | Udmurt Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.62669/30342139.2026.1.11 |
| OpenAlex | W7153485441 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The present investigation delves into the written history of the Udmurt term nizʼ ‘sable’, with a particular focus on its etymological evolution and semantic stability spanning nearly three centuries. The significance of this study is underscored by the paucity of scholarly attention devoted to the lexicographic corpus of early Udmurt written artifacts. By examining a diverse array of Udmurt written materials of varying provenance, the author meticulously charts the graphical and orthographic transformations of the term nizʼ ‘sable’. A pivotal moment in the documented history of nizʼ is its initial Latin transcription as Nyiss ‘Cebella’ in 1726, as recorded in the linguistic data compiled by D. G. Messerschmidt. His seminal work, the first handwritten dictionary of the Udmurt language, was constructed from materials gathered in villages along the Cheptsa River, providing a crucial early attestation of the term. Subsequently, from 1775 onwards, with the publication of the first grammar of the Udmurt language, nizʼ began to be consistently rendered in Cyrillic script. Etymologically, the Udmurt term niz’ ‘sable’ is rooted in the Finno-Ugric linguistic stratum, attesting to its deep historical and linguistic origins
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| Highly cited | No |
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