Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mene-

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

Etymology

May be akin to Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Welsh myned, Polish minąć).

Verb

*mene-

1. to go

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *min- (“to go”), *mintä- (“to carry”) (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: megy
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: минуӈкве (minuňkwe)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: мән (mən)
    • Northern Khanty: мӑн (măn)
• Proto-Permic: *münni (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: мияш (mijaš)
• ? Mordvinic:
  • ? Erzya: менемс (meńems, “to break free, dispose of”)
• Proto-Samic: *mënëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *mendäk (see there for further descendants)

External links

• Entry #536 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.