Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luke-

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

Etymology

Sometimes considered to be either borrowed from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (whence e.g. Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “to count”)).

Verb

*luke-

1. to count

Derived terms

• *luka (“ten”)
• *lukenta

Descendants

• Samoyedic
  • Nenets
    • Tundra Nenets: лахана (lāxnā)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: olvas
• Proto-Mordvinic: *lovəms
  • Erzya: ловомс (lovoms), ловномс (lovnoms)
  • Moksha: лувомс (luvoms)
• Proto-Samic: *lokëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *lukëdak (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.

Further reading

• Entry #495 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.