Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ojwa

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

Noun

*ojwa

head

Synonyms

*päŋe

Descendants

Samoyedic: *åjwå
- Nganasan: ӈойбоа (ŋojbᵘa)
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: эба (eba)
  - Tundra Enets: [Term?] (abuři)
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets: [Term?]
  - Tundra Nenets: ӈэва (ŋæwa)
- Mator: [script needed] (айбай, “first, chief”)
Mari:
- Eastern Mari: вуй (vuj)
- Western Mari: вуй (vuj)
Mordvinic:
- Moksha: уй (uj, “brain”), уйфтемс (ujftems, “to start”)
Samic: *oajvē
- Western Samic:
  - Southern Sami: åejjie
  - Ume Sami: å̄jvvie
  - Pite Sami: å̄jjve
  - Lule Sami: oajvve
  - Northern Sami: oaivi
- Eastern Samic:
  - Inari Sami: uáiˈvi
  - Skolt Sami: vuẹiʹvv
  - Kildin Sami: вуэййв (vuejjv)
  - Ter Sami: vïejjve
Finnic: *oiva

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.

External links

Entry #663 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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