Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/puna-

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

Sometimes compared with Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (compare English spin).

Verb

*puna-

1. spin

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: fon
• Proto-Permic: *pu̇nni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *pŭne- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: понамс (ponams)
  • Moksha: понамс (ponams)
• Proto-Samic: *ponētēk, *pońëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *punodak (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #812 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.