Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mete

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-Tocharian *ḿətə, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. One of the words found only within the traditional Finno-Ugric group.

It is not clear if the Mari words are inherited, as loss of *-t- would be irregular (contrast the development in *pata, *wete). UEW suggests the possibility of deriving them from a separate root *mäkɜ, while another possibility is loaning from Permic.

Noun

*mete

1. honey

Descendants

• Proto-Finno-Permic:
  • (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Samic: *mietë (see there for further descendants)
  • Mari: (perhaps)
    • Mari: мӱй
    • Western Mari: мӱ (mü)
  • Proto-Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: медь (meď)
    • Moksha: медь (meď)
  • Proto-Permic:
    • Komi:
      • Komi-Permyak: ма (ma)
      • Komi-Zyrian: ма (ma)
    • Udmurt: му (mu)
• Proto-Ugric:
  • Hungarian: méz

See also

• *mekše

References

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