Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/terä
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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
Noun
*terä
Reconstruction notes
Securely reconstructed for Finno-Permic. Whether Hungarian tőr also belongs here is disputed, as the vowel does not match.
Descendants
- Proto-Permic: *dɔr[2] (see there for further descendants)
- >? Proto-Mordvinic: *torə (“sword”)
- >? Erzya: торо (toro)
- Proto-Finnic: *terä (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Entry #1640 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ Aikio, Ante (2020) “Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies”, in Linguistica Uralica, volume 57, number 3, Estonian Academy Publishers, →ISSN, page 170 of 161–179: “PU *terä ’edge, blade’ > PPerm (PS) *dor / (MZh) *dɔ̇r”