Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/were
Proto-Uralic edit
Reconstruction edit
In some sources also transcribed *weri. UEW reconstructs (in particular due to the Permic reflexes) *wire. The Mansi forms with ɣ descend from a suffixed *wer-kä, with regular metathesis of the liquid-velar consonant cluster.
Etymology edit
Found only within the traditional Finno-Ugric languages; contrast Proto-Samoyedic *këm. Neither word can be explicitly shown to be an innovation, however.
Noun edit
*were
Descendants edit
- Ugric:
- Proto-Permic: *vir (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mari: *wü̆r (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *ver
- Proto-Samic: *vërë (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *veri (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- 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 #1152 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.