Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wešnä

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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

Probably borrowed from a substrate language[1] (the Pre-West Uralic agricultural substrate).

Noun

*wešnä

  1. (Finno-Volgaic) spelt, wheat

Descendants

  • Proto-Mari: *wistə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *višə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *vehnä (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ М.А. Живлов. Неиндоевропейский субстрат в финно-волжских языках. X Чтения памяти С.А. Старостина ~ 27 марта 2015
  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.