Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/sewe-

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 edit

Etymology edit

Koivulehto (2006) suggests borrowing from early Proto-Iranian *dzyewH- (later *ǰyawH-), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-, though this has chronological problems: the sound change *e > *a is usually dated as already common Indo-Iranian, and this theory is now usually disregarded.

Verb edit

*sewe-

to eat

Descendants edit

Proto-Samoyedic: *timä (“tooth”)
- Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: тибя (tibja)
- Nganasan: чими
- Selkup:
  - Southern Selkup:
    - Narym: тэв
    - Upper Ob: тэу
Ugric:
- Mansi
  - Northern Mansi: тэ̄ӈкве (tè̄ňkwe)
- Hungarian: eszik
Permic:
- Komi-Zyrian: сёйны (śojny)
- Udmurt: сиыны (śiyny)
Proto-Mordvinic:
- Erzya: сэвемс (sevems)
- Moksha: сивомс (śivoms)
Proto-Finnic: *söödäk (see there for further descendants)

References edit

Koivulehto, Jorma. 2006. "Wie alt sind die Kontakte zwischen Finnisch-Ugrisch und Balto-Slavisch?" In: Juhani Nuorluoto (ed.), The Slavicization of the Russian North. Mechanisms and Chronology. Slavica Helsingiensia 27: 179–196.

External links edit

Entry #893 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.