Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ëppe
Proto-Uralic
editReconstruction
editReconstructed as *appe in frameworks that do not accept the vowel *ë.
Noun
edit*ëppe
- father-in-law (likely wife's father, as per Mansi and Khanty)
Usage notes
editThe term is reflected more widely and reconstructed more reliably than terms for "father", which has been taken to suggest a matrilocal organization of Proto-Uralic society.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Ugric:
- Mari:
- Proto-Samic: *vuoppë (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *appi (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 #21 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.