Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pälkä

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

Etymology

Sometimes compared with Indo-European words (i.e. Latin pollex, Proto-Slavic *palьcь).

Noun

*pälkä

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Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *pej- (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Permic: *pɔ̈l (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *päľkə
    • Erzya: пелька (peľka)
    • Moksha: пяльхкя (päľxkä)
  • Proto-Samic: *pealkē (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *peikälo (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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