Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pojka

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*pojka

  1. boy
  2. son

Descendants

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  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: fia, fiú
    • Mansi:
    • Khanty:
  • Proto-Permic: *pi (see there for further descendants)
  • Mari:
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *pujə~*pijə
  • Proto-Finnic: *poika (see there for further descendants); ? *poju (> Finnish poju)

References

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  • 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
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