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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luwe

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

*ë in Samoyedic is irregular, suggesting rather earlier *lëwe or *lëxe. The former option may allow assuming that *luwe represents an assimilation *ëw > *uw.

Noun

*luwe

  1. bone

Descendants
  • Samoyedic: *lë (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: láb (?)
    • Khanty: лӓв (läw)
    • Mansi: лув (luv)
  • Permic:
  • Mari: лу (lu)
  • Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: ловажа (lovaža)
    • Moksha: ловажа (lovaža)
  • Finnic: *luu (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.

Further reading
  • Entry #498 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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