Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/e-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/e-

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 1

Pronoun

*e-

1. this

Descendants

• Ugric
  • Hungarian: e, ez
• Finnic
  • ⇒ Finnic: *että
    • Estonian: et
    • Finnish: että
  • ⇒ Finnic: *enci
    • Finnish: ensi

Etymology 2

Sometimes compared to Proto-Yukaghir *əl-, Proto-Mongolic *ese and Proto-Tungusic *e-.

Verb

*e-

1. not; the negative verb.

Related terms

• *älä- (“don't”) imperative stem

Descendants

• Proto-Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: оз (oz)
    • Komi-Zyrian: оз (oz)
  • Udmurt: уг (ug)
• Proto-Finnic: *e- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *i-
  • Akkala Sami: ij
  • Inari Sami: ij
  • Lule Sami: ij
  • Northern Sami: ii
  • Pite Sami: ij
  • Skolt Sami: ij
  • Southern Sami: ij
  • Ume Sami: ij

Further reading

• Entry #125 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.