Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mekše

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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

Etymology

Borrowed from pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *mékš, whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš.

Noun

*mekše[1][2]

  1. bee

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: méh
  • Proto-Permic: *möš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *mükš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *mekš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *mehi (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “mákš-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287
  2. ^ The template Template:R:Katz 2003 does not use the parameter(s): 
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