Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pire
Proto-Uralic edit
Alternative forms edit
Reconstruction edit
The Finnic and Saamic words suggest *e in the second syllable, but the Mordvinic forms suggest *pirä. The Finnic and Saamic words suggest *piire, but the Mordvinic forms with e suggest *pire.
Etymology edit
Sometimes compared with Proto-Mongolic *hergi- (“to go round”), whence Mongolian эргэх (ergex, “to turn”), Buryat эрьехэ (erʹjexe), эрьелдэхэ (erʹjeldexe), Kalmyk эргх (ergx, “to spin, go round”); Evenki хэркэми (hərkəmi, “to tie, bind together”), Manchu ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡳ (hergi, “to wind”); Proto-Indo-European *péri, whence Sanskrit परि (pari), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (pairi), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”).
Noun edit
*pire
Descendants edit
- Samoyedic:
- Permic:
- >? Komi-Zyrian: бор (bor, “border, garden”)
- Mordvinic:
- Proto-Finnic: *piiri (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Samic: *pirë (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- Entry #773 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.