Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/e-

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 1

Pronoun

*e-

1. this

Descendants

• Ugric
  • Hungarian: e, ez
• Mordvinic
  • ⇒ Proto-Mordvinic: *e-
    • Erzya: эте (eťe), истя (isťa)
    • Moksha: эса (esa), эста (esta), эмбе (embe)
• Finnic
  • ⇒ Proto-Finnic: *että (with *-tta) (see there for further descendants)
    • Estonian: et
    • Finnish: että
  • ⇒ Proto-Finnic: *enci (with *-nci) (see there for further descendants)
    • Finnish: ensi
  • ⇒ Proto-Finnic: *ellä (with *-lla)
    • Finnish: ellä

Etymology 2

Sometimes compared to Proto-Yukaghir *əl-, Proto-Mongolic *ese and Proto-Tungusic *e-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

*e-

1. not; the negative verb.

Related terms

• *älä- (“don't”) imperative stem

Descendants

• Proto-Permic: *ɔ- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *e-, *i-, *a-
  • • Erzya: эзь (eź), иля (iľa), а (a), апак (apak)
    • Moksha: изь (iź), тят (ťat), аф (af), аш (aš), апак (apak)
• Proto-Samic: *i-
  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: ij
    • Ume Sami: ij
    • Pite Sami: ij
    • Lule Sami: ij
    • Northern Sami: ii
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: ij
    • Skolt Sami: ij
    • Akkala Sami: ий (ij)
• Proto-Finnic: *e- (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #125 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Entry #1876 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.