Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/sewe-

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

Koivulehto (2006) suggests borrowing from early Proto-Iranian *dzyewH- (later *ǰyawH-), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewH-, though this has chronological problems: the sound change *e > *a is usually dated as already common Indo-Iranian.

Verb

*sewe-

to eat

Descendants

Samoyedic: *timä (“tooth”)
- Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: тибя (tibja)
- Nganasan: чими
Ugric:
- Mansi
  - Northern: тэ̄ӈкве (tè̄ňkve)
- Hungarian: eszik
Permic:
- Komi: сёйны (sjojny)
- Udmurt: сиыны (siyny)
Mordvinic:
- Erzya: севемс (sevems)
- Moksha: севемс (sevems)
Finnic: *söödäk (see there for further descendants)

References

Koivulehto, Jorma. 2006. "Wie alt sind die Kontakte zwischen Finnisch-Ugrisch und Balto-Slavisch?" In: Juhani Nuorluoto (ed.), The Slavicization of the Russian North. Mechanisms and Chronology. Slavica Helsingiensia 27: 179–196.

External links

Entry #893 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.