Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/suwďa

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

*uw is reconstructed by Sammallahti (1988) to account for the Samic *uv. In principle also *šuwďa could be reconstructed, as none of the language groups having descendants distinguish *š and *s.

Noun

*suwďa

finger

Synonyms

(Western Uralic) *sorme

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *təjå
- Mator: [script needed] (тая-)
Proto-Ugric: *θuďa (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *čuvδē

References

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