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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mëxe

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

Etymology

According to Koivulehto (2009), possibly an old loanword from an Indo-Iranian language, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s.

Noun

*mëxe

  1. earth, land

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Ugric:
    • ? Khanty: *meɣ
      • Eastern: мәг (məg)
      • Northern: мўв (mŭw), мув (muw)
    • Mansi: *mëë
      • Northern: ма̄ (mā)
      • Southern: [script needed] (mɛ̮̄)
  • Permic: *mu
  • Mari: мӱнӧ (münö, “down, below”)
  • Finnic: *maa (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Koivulehto, Jorma. 2009. "Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 92, pp. 79–102.
  • Entry #518 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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