Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/towe

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

Reconstruction edit

Sammallahti (1988) reconstructs *toxe, supposing that only *x is word-medially lost in Samoyedic. According to Aikio (2002: 35, 49), also the semivowels *j, *w were lost before 2nd-syllable *e (compare e.g. *sewe-, *śowe), which would allow the reconstruction *towe.

Noun edit

*towe

lake, pond

Descendants edit

Proto-Samoyedic: *to
- Nganasan: турку
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: то
  - Tundra Enets: [script needed] (to)
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets: [script needed] (tō)
  - Tundra Nenets: то (tō)
- Selkup:
  - Northern Selkup: то (to)
  - Southern Selkup:
    - Narym: то̄
    - Upper Ob: то
- Kamassian: тху (tʰu)
- Mator: тоа
Ugric:
- Hungarian: tó
- Mansi:
  - Northern Mansi: тӯр (tūr)
  - Southern Mansi: то̄ (tō)
- Khanty: *toɣ
  - Eastern Khanty: төг (tøg)
  - Northern Khanty: тув (tuw)
Permic:
- Komi:
  - Komi-Permyak: ты (ty)
  - Komi-Zyrian: ты (ty)
- Udmurt: ты (ty)

References edit

Aikio, Ante. 2002. "New and Old Samoyed Etymologies". Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 57, pp. 9–57.
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

External links edit

Entry #1070 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.