Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/muna
Proto-Uralic
editReconstruction
editThe testicular sense is widely attested across the family, and the taboo of it might account for underreporting as well. Some authors (e.g. Zhivlov, 2016) reconstruct this sense back to Proto-Uralic, though most sources make no mention of it. The semantic shift egg > testicle is not, however, unusual (compare the descendants of Proto-Slavic *aje).
Noun
edit*muna
Descendants
edit- Proto-Samoyedic: *mənå
- Ugric:
- Proto-Mari: *mŭnə (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *mona
- Proto-Samic: *monē (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *muna (see there for further descendants)
External links
edit- Entry #561 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.