Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wešnä

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

Probably borrowed from a substrate language (the Pre-West Uralic agricultural substrate).

Noun

*wešnä

1. (Finno-Volgaic) spelt, wheat

Descendants

• Proto-Mari: *wistə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *višə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *vehnä (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.