Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wanča-

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

Verb

*wanča-

1. to move cautiously

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic:
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup:
      • Taz: [script needed] (ke̮ntal-)
• Ugric:
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (uṇč-)
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: унсуӈкве (unsuňkwe , “to cross a river”) (Sosva)
    • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (onš-)
• Proto-Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: вуджны (vudžny)
    • Komi-Zyrian: вуджны (vudžny)
  • Udmurt: выжыны (vyžyny)
• Proto-Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: вончаш (vončaš)
  • Western Mari: ванжак (vanžak)
• Proto-Samic: *vāncētēk (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #1115 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.