Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mośke-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mośke-

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

Likely akin to Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to wash”).

Reconstruction

The Mari, Permic and Hungarian descendants suggest rather *muśke-, which may potentially be due to the labializing influence of *m-. In the case of Mari, Aikio (2013) proposes that such a development near labial consonants is indeed regular: compare also e.g. *kolmes, *kopa.

Verb

*mośke-

1. to wash

Synonyms

• *lika-
• (Western Uralic) *pese-

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *måsə-
  • Enets:
    • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (masua-)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: масӑ (māšsā)
  • Selkup: [script needed] (muza-)
  • Kamassian: [script needed] (bezeľ-)
  • Mator: [script needed] (мазія-)
• Proto-Ugric: *måskĭ- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finno-Permic:
  • Permic:
    • Komi:
      • Komi-Zyrian: мыськыны (mysʹkyny)
  • Udmurt: миськыны (misʹkyny), мыськыны (mysʹkyny)
• Proto-Mari: *mŭška- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *mūśkə- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *moskedak (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2013. "Studies in Uralic etymology I: Saami etymologies". Linguistica Uralica 49:3, pp. 161–174.
• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988), “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

• Entry #568 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.