Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luke-
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Proto-Uralic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sometimes considered to be either borrowed from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (whence e.g. Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “to count”)).
Verb[edit]
*luke-
- to count
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Samoyedic
- Nenets
- Tundra Nenets: лахана (lāxnā)
- Nenets
- Ugric:
- Hungarian: olvas
- Proto-Mordvinic: *lovəms
- Proto-Samic: *lokëtēk (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *lukëdak (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.
Further reading[edit]
- Entry #495 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.