Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wete
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”) and *wed- in some way. Variants of the Nostratic and Indo-Uralic theories (neither of which is widely accepted) propose common descent, while Koivulehto has proposed that the Uralic term is a borrowing from Indo-European, replacing Proto-Uralic *śäčä everywhere but in some of the northern fringes of the family (most prominently Proto-Samic *čācē).[1] Aikio however reconstructs the original meaning of *śäčä as "flood",[2] making this less likely. EVE makes no mention of an Indo-European connection for the Uralic word.[3]
Noun
[edit]*wete
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Samoyedic: *wet (see there for further descendants)
- Ugric:
- Proto-Permic: *vå (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mari: *wü̆t (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *veď (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Samic: *vëcë (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *veci (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Koivulehto, Jorma. 2002. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in light of lexical loans". In: Carpela, Christian; Parpola, Asko; Koskikallio, Petteri (eds.), Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European, pp. 235–263. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura.
- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
- ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “vesi”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 29 November 2022
- ^ Daniel, Abondolo (1998), “Chapter I: Introduction”, in Abondolo, Daniel, editor, The Uralic languages (Routledge language family descriptions), Oxon, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 11
Further reading
[edit]- Entry #1142 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.