TY - JOUR AU - Pystynen, Juho PY - 2020/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - On the development of *i in Permic JF - Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen JA - FUF VL - 2020 IS - 65 SE - Articles DO - 10.33339/fuf.84873 UR - https://journal.fi/fuf/article/view/84873 SP - 62–97 AB - <p>The article revisits the development of Proto-Uralic close front *i in Proto-Permic. Two regular reflexes of *i have been posited in earlier literature: *i and *e. In a survey of preexisting etymological research, a third reflex *i̮ is identified as also being similarly abundant, which motivates rehabilitating several etymological comparisons that have been rejected as irregular in recent critical works. Altogether 17 examples of PP *i̮ continuing earlier *i are discussed in some detail. Typical phonological environments for the development of *i̮ are further identified, and several open problems are shown to remain. Lastly some implications of the results for future research are suggested.</p> ER -