Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/suwďa

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

Reconstruction

*uw is reconstructed by Sammallahti (1988) to account for the Samic *uv. In principle also *šuwďa could be reconstructed, as none of the language groups having descendants distinguish *š and *s.

Noun

*suwďa

  1. finger

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *təjå
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: ujj
    • Proto-Khanty: *ʌuj (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Mansi: *tŭľā
      • Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (toľə)
      • Northern Mansi: туля (tulâ)
      • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (toľā)
      • Western Mansi: [script needed] (tuľə)
  • Proto-Samic: *čuvδē (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554
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