Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/were

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

In some sources also transcribed *weri. UEW reconstructs (in particular due to the Permic reflexes) *wire. The Mansi forms with ɣ descend from a suffixed *wer-kä, with regular metathesis of the liquid-velar consonant cluster.

Etymology

Found only within the traditional Finno-Ugric languages; contrast Proto-Samoyedic *këm. Neither word can be explicitly shown to be an innovation, however.

Noun

*were

blood

Descendants

Proto-Ugric: *wirĭ (see there for further descendants)
Permic:
- Komi:
  - Komi-Permyak: вир (vir)
  - Komi-Zyrian: вир (vir)
- Udmurt: вир (vir)
Proto-Mari: *wü̆r (see there for further descendants)
Mordvinic:
- Erzya: верь (verʹ)
- Moksha: вер (ver)
Proto-Samic: *vërë (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *veri (see there for further descendants)

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 #1152 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.