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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pojka

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

Not attested in Samoyedic, but no other Proto-Samoyedic term for 'boy' or 'son' is known either.

Sammallahti (1988) suggests derivation from a shorter stem *poje.

Noun

*pojka

  1. boy
  2. son

Descendants
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: fia, fiú
    • Mansi:
    • Khanty:
      • Eastern: пӑг (păg)
  • Permic:
    • Komi:
      • Komi-Zyrian: пи (pi)
    • Udmurt: пи (pi)
  • Mari:
    • Eastern Mari: пӱерге (püjerge)
    • Western Mari: пӱергы (püjergy)
  • Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: буё (bujo), пиё (pijo)
  • Finnic: *poika (see there for further descendants); ? *poju (> Finnish poju)

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