Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/puwe-

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

Verb 1

*puwe-

1. to blow

Descendants

• Samoyedic:
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: пӯць (pūcʹ°)
  • Selkup:
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: пӯгу
      • Upper Ob: пугу
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: fúj
• Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: пувамс (puvams)

Verb 2

*puwe-

1. to suffocate, drown

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: fojt
• Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: повамс (povams)

Further reading

• Entry #830 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Entry #831 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.