Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wexe-

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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

Often conflated with *wixe- (to bring, take somewhere), but Aikio (2013) argues for two separate verbs, which are still distinct in Hungarian and Selkup, and can be reconstructed separately in Proto-Samic.

Verb

*wexe-

  1. to take, to grasp

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *i- (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: vësz
    • Mansi:
      • Northern Mansi: (wiγ-)
    • Khanty:
      • Northern Khanty: (tu-)
  • Proto-Samic: *vēkëtēk

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