Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wixe-

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

Etymology

Often conflated with *wexe- (“to take, grasp”), but Aikio (2013) argues for two separate verbs, which are still distinct in Hungarian and Selkup, and can be reconstructed separately in Proto-Samic.

Possibly related with Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, carry”), but this is less likely with *wixe- than with *wexe- due to the vocalism. Both loaning and common origin (from alleged Indo-Uralic or Nostratic *wig-) have been proposed.

Verb

*wixe-

to bring, to take somewhere

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *ü- (“to pull”), *ükəl- (“to pull, drag”)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: visz
- Mansi:
? Permic: *vaj-
- Komi:
  - Komi-Permyak: вайны (vajny)
  - Komi-Zyrian: вайны (vajny)
- Udmurt: вайыны (vajyny)
Mordvinic:
- Erzya: виемс (vijems)
- Moksha: виемс (vijems)
Proto-Samic: *vikëtēk
- Skolt Sami: viikkâd
Proto-Finnic: *veedäk (see there for further descendants)

References

Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2013. "Studies in Uralic etymology I: Saami etymologies". Linguistica Uralica 49:3, pp. 161–174.
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 #1148 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.