Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wäke

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

*wäke

1. strength, power

Descendants

• Proto-Ugric:
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (wö̭γ)
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: ва̄г (wāg)
• Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Zyrian: -ви (-vi)
  • Udmurt: -ви (-vi)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: вий (vij)
  • Western Mari: ви (vi)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *väj ⇒ *vij
  • Erzya: вий (vij)
  • Moksha: вий (vij)
• Proto-Samic: *viekë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *väki (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #1128 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.