Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mëksa

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

Also transcribed varyingly e.g. *mïksa, *mɨkså. Some authors do not recognize the phoneme *ë and reconstruct *maksa.

Noun

*mëksa

liver

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *mïtə
- Nganasan:
- Enets:
  - Tundra Enets: [Term?] (muro)
  - Forest Enets: [Term?] (mudo)
- Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: мыд (mid)
  - Forest Nenets: [script needed] (mi̮t)
- Selkup: мыты
- Kamassian: [script needed] (mit)
Proto-Ugric: *mɨkθa (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finno-Permic:
- Proto-Permic: *mus (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mari:
  - Eastern Mari: мокш (mokš)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *maksə̑ (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Samic: *muoksē (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *maksa (see there for further descendants)

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.

External links

Entry #519 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.