Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/suwďa

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

Reconstruction

*uw is reconstructed by Sammallahti (1988) to account for the Samic *uv. In principle also *šuwďa could be reconstructed, as none of the language groups having descendants distinguish *š and *s.

Noun

*suwďa

1. finger

Synonyms

• (Western Uralic) *sorme

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *təjå
  • Mator: [script needed] (тая-)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: ujj
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: ёй (joj, “finger”), луй (luj, “thimble”), юй (juj, “thimble”)
    • Northern Khanty: луй (luj)
    • Southern Khanty: [script needed] (tüj)
  • Mansi:
    • Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (toľə)
    • Northern Mansi: туля (tulâ)
    • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (toľā)
    • Western Mansi: [script needed] (tuľə)
• Proto-Samic: *čuvδē

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