Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/sëne

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

Possibly akin to Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew”).

Noun

*sëne

1. vein, blood vessel
2. sinew

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *cën
  • Nganasan: [script needed] (taŋ)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: [script needed] (tīʔ)
    • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (ti)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: тэ̇ʼ (tėh)
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: [script needed] (čën)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: ҷын
      • Upper Ob: тэн
  • Kamassian: [script needed] (ten)
  • Mator: тень
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: ín
  • Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: лан (lan)
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: та̄н (tān)
• Proto-Permic: *sȯn (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *sün (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *san (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *suonë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *sooni (see there for further descendants)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

External links

• Entry #894 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.