Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pele-

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

*pele-

1. to fear

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *pej-
  • Tundra Nenets: пӣлць (pyīlcʹ°)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: fél
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: пилуӈкве (piluňkwe)
• Proto-Permic: *pölni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *pëlëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Proto-Finnic: *pelko (“fear”), *pelgäit'äk (“to fear”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #739 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.