Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ëppe
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This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed terms 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
Reconstructed as *appe in frameworks that do not accept the vowel *ë.
Noun
*ëppe
- father-in-law (likely wife's father, as per Mansi and Khanty)
Usage notes
The term is reflected more widely and reconstructed more reliably than terms for "father", which has been taken to suggest a matrilocal organization of Proto-Uralic society.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Ugric:
- Mari:
- Proto-Samic: *vuoppë (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *appi (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”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554
External links
- Entry #21 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.