Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śarwe

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

Borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hwás (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā), Persian سرو (surū)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-wó-s (compare Latin cervus (“deer”), Ancient Greek κεραός (keraós, “horned”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Ob-Ugric reflexes meaning "bull elk" have sometimes been included, but they may also be separate loans from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHabʰás (“horned animal”) (compare Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá)).

May have replaced *aŋte (“horn”) in all European branches, unless this is an areal Siberian term.

Reconstruction

The Mordvinic and Samic reflexes indicate *śorwa, which according to Aikio (2016) is a regular secondary development from *śarwe, as indicated by Finnic and Hungarian.

Noun

*śarwe

1. horn

Synonyms

• *aŋte

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: szarv
• Permic: *śur
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: сюр (śur)
    • Komi-Zyrian: сюр (śur)
  • Udmurt: сюр (śur)
• Mari: *śur
  • Mari: шур
  • Western Mari: шур (šur)
• Mordvinic: *śorwa > *śurə
  • Erzya: сюро (śuro)
  • Moksha: сюра (śura)
• Samic: *śorwa > *čoarvē (see there for further descendants)
• (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.
• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

• Entry #978 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.