Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/muna

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

Reconstruction

The testicular sense is widely attested across the family, and the taboo of it might account for underreporting as well. Some authors (e.g. Zhivlov, 2016) reconstruct this sense back to Proto-Uralic, though most sources make no mention of it. The semantic shift egg > testicle is not, however, unusual (compare the descendants of Proto-Slavic *aje).

Noun

*muna

egg
penis; testicle; testes

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *mənå
- Nganasan: мәну
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: мона
  - Tundra Enets: [Term?] (mona)
- Selkup: [script needed] (man)
- Kamassian: [script needed] (münü)
- Mator:
Proto-Ugric: *mŭna (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari: *mŭnə (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *mona (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *monē (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *muna (see there for further descendants)

External links

Entry #561 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.