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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ëppe

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Reconstruction

Reconstructed as *appe in frameworks that do not accept the vowel *ë.

Noun

*ëppe

  1. father-in-law (likely wife's father, as per Mansi and Khanty)

Usage notes

The term is reflected more widely and reconstructed more reliably than terms for "father", which has been taken to suggest a matrilocal organization of Proto-Uralic society.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: ipa, ? apa
    • Khanty:
      • Northern, Eastern: уп (up)
      • Southern: [script needed] (üp)
    • Mansi:
      • Northern: уп (up)
      • Southern: [script needed] (apā)
  • Mari:
    • Hill Mari: овы (ovə)
    • Meadow Mari: ово (ovo)
  • Samic: *vuoppë (see there for further descendants)
  • Finnic: *appi (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Sammallahti, Pekka. 1988. "Historical phonology of the Uralic languages, with special reference to Samoyed, Ugric and Permic". In Sinor, Denis (ed.), The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, pp. 478–554. Leiden: Brill. →ISBN.
  • Entry #21 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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