Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/uje-

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

Alternative forms

*oje-

Etymology

Sometimes compared with Evenki уюми (ujumi), уюктами (ujuktami, “to swim (of birds)”), Proto-Japonic *əyənku (“to swim”)

Verb

*uje-

to swim

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *u-
- Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: ӈусь (ŋusʹ°), ӈохолась (ŋoxolasʹ°)
- Selkup:
  - Northern Selkup: уу (uu)
  - Southern Selkup:
    - Narym: у́ргу
    - Upper Ob: уургу
Ugric:
- Hungarian: úszik
- Mansi:
  - Northern Mansi: уйгалаӈкве (ujgalaňkve)
- Khanty:
  - Northern Khanty: вөщты (wøsjty)
Proto-Permic: *ujni (see there for further descendants)
Mari:
- Eastern Mari: ияш (ijaš)
- Western Mari: иӓш (iäš)
Proto-Mordvinic: *ujəms (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *vuojëtēk (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *uidak, *ujudak (see there for further descendants)

References

Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN