Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wetä-

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

• *wätä- (fits better except for Finnic)

Etymology

According to Koivulehto, possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Verb

*wetä-

1. to lead, guide, pull

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: vezet
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: вӱдаш (vüdaš)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *veťəms~*viťəms
  • Erzya: ветямс (veťams)
  • Moksha: вятемс (väťems)
• Proto-Finnic: *vetädäk (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #1141 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.