Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wete

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (water) and *wed- in some way. Variants of the Nostratic and Indo-Uralic theories (neither of which is widely accepted) propose common descent, while Koivulehto has proposed that the Uralic term is a borrowing from Indo-European, replacing Proto-Uralic *śäčä everywhere but in some of the northern fringes of the family (most prominently Proto-Samic *čācē).[2] Aikio however reconstructs the original meaning of *śäčä as "flood",[3] making this less likely. EVE makes no mention of an Indo-European connection for the Uralic word.[4]

Noun

*wete

  1. water

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *wet (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
  • Proto-Permic: *vå (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *wü̆t (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *veď (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *vëcë (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *veci (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Daniel, Abondolo (1998) “Chapter I: Introduction”, in Abondolo, Daniel, editor, The Uralic languages (Routledge language family descriptions), Oxon, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 11
  2. ^ Koivulehto, Jorma. 2002. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in light of lexical loans". In: Carpela, Christian; Parpola, Asko; Koskikallio, Petteri (eds.), Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European, pp. 235–263. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura.
  3. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
  4. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “vesi”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29

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