Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pojka
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Proto-Uralic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Not attested in Samoyedic, but no other Proto-Samoyedic term for 'boy' or 'son' is known either.
Sammallahti (1988) suggests derivation from a shorter stem *poje.
Noun[edit]
*pojka
Descendants[edit]
- Ugric:
- Proto-Permic: *pi (see there for further descendants)
- Mari:
- Mordvinic:
- Proto-Finnic: *poika (see there for further descendants); ? *poju (> Finnish poju)
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Entry #785 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.