Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mekše

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

Borrowed from pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *mékš, whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš.

Noun

*mekše[1][2]

bee

Descendants

Finnic: *meši
- ⇒ Finnic: *mehiläinen (see there for further descendants)
Eastern Mari: мӱkш (mükš)
Mordvinic: [Term?]
- Erzya: мeкс (meks)
- Moksha: мӓкс (mӓks)
Permic: [Term?]
- Komi-Zyrian: мош (moš), муш (muš)
- Udmurt: муш (muš)
Ugric: [Term?]
- Hungarian: méh

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “mákš-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287
Katz, Hartmut. 2003. Studien zu den älteren indoiranischen Lehnwörter in den uralischen Sprachen. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “mákš-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287

[2] Katz, Hartmut. 2003. Studien zu den älteren indoiranischen Lehnwörter in den uralischen Sprachen. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.