Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luke-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luke-

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed words 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 considered to be either borrowed from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (whence e.g. Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “to count”)).

Verb

*luke-

1. to count

Related terms

• *luka (“ten”)

Descendants

• Samoyedic
  • Nenets
    • Tundra Nenets: лахана (lāxnā)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: olvas
  • Mansi:
    • Northern: лов (lov)
• Mari
  • Eastern: лу (lu)
• Permic
  • Komi-Permyak: лыдд́ыны (lydd́yny)
  • Udmurt: лыдӟыны (lyddźyny)
• Samic: *lokëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Finnic: *lukedak (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #495 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.