Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/aŋe

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

Perhaps related to Proto-Yukaghir *aŋa (“mouth”).

Noun

*aŋe

1. opening

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *äŋ
  • Nenets
    • Tundra Nenets: няʼ (nyah)
    • Forest Nenets: няӈ (nyaŋ)
  • Nganasan: ӈаӈ (ŋaŋ)
  • Proto-Selkup: *āŋ
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: аӄ, аӈ (aq, aŋ)
      • Upper Ob: аанг (aang)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: aj
• Proto-Permic: *ȯm (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *aŋ
  • Eastern Mari: аҥ (aŋ)
  • Western Mari: äнг (äng)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *ovks, *oŋks
  • Erzya: оньксть (ońkśť, “bit”)
  • Moksha: овкс (ovks)

Further reading

• Entry #17 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.