Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/le-

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

Verb

*le-

1. to be

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: lesz
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: лияш (ĺijaš)
  • Western Mari: лиӓш (ĺiäš)
• Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: левкс (ľevks)
  • Moksha:
• Proto-Permic: *loni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *leedäk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *leatēk (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #470 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.