Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/uje-

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

Alternative forms

• *oje-

Etymology

Sometimes compared with Evenki уюми (ujumi), уюктами (ujuktami, “to swim (of birds)”), Proto-Japonic *əyənku (“to swim”)

Verb

*uje-

1. to swim

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *u-
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: ӈусь (ŋusʹ°), ӈохолась (ŋoxolasʹ°)
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: уу (uu)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: у́ргу
      • Upper Ob: уургу
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: úszik
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: уйгалаӈкве (ujgalaňkwe)
  • Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: вөщты (wøsjty)
• Proto-Permic: *ujni (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: ияш (ijaš)
  • Western Mari: иӓш (iäš)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *ujəms (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *vuojëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *uidak, *ujudak (see there for further descendants)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

• Entry #1088 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.