Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ojwa

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

Noun

*ojwa

1. head

Synonyms

• *päŋe

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *åjwå
  • Nganasan: ӈойбоа (ŋojbᵘa)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: эба (eba)
    • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (abuři)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: ӈэва (ŋewa)
  • Mator: айбай (“first, chief”)
• Proto-Mari: *wuj (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *ujvťəms
  • Moksha: уйфтемс (ujfťems)
• Proto-Samic: *oajvē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *oiva (see there for further descendants)

References

• 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

• Entry #663 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.