Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/puwe

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

*puwe

1. tree, wood

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *pä
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: пя (pya)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: пя
  • Nganasan: хуаа (xuaa)
  • Proto-Selkup: *pō
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: по̄
      • Upper Ob: пуо, поо
  • Kamassian: пха (pʰa)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: fa
• Proto-Permic: *pu (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: пу (pu)
• Proto-Finnic: *puu (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.
• Entry #829 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.