Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/padɜ

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

Reconstruction

Aikio (2016) suggests the reconstruction *pado, given the final -ō/o in both Samic and Finnic. In other sources this has usually been assumed to be a suffix, but without any identified meaning.

Noun

*padɜ

wall, weir, dam

Descendants

Ugric:
- Hungarian: fal (“wall”)
- Khanty:
  - Eastern, Northern: [script needed] (păl)
  - Southern: [script needed] (păt)
Mordvinic:
- Erzya: падо (pado)
Samic: *puoδō (see there for further descendants)
Finnic: *pato
- Finnish: pato

References

Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Lehtiranta, Juhani. 1989–2001. Yhteissaamelainen sanasto ('Common Sami Vocabulary'). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 200. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.

External links

Entry #687 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.