Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ëmta-

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

Most reflexes are ambiguous between *ëmta- and *amta-. Sammallahti (1988) opts for the former reconstruction, based on Komi /u/ (contrast e.g. *aja-). According to a proposal by Reshetnikov & Zhivlov (2011), even this may be however derivable from *a.

Verb

*ëmta-

to give

Synonyms

*mexe-

Descendants

Proto-Ugric: *ɨmta- (see there for further descendants)
Permic:
- Komi:
  - Komi-Zyrian: удны (udny, “to give to drink, to feed”)
- Udmurt: удны (udny, “to give to drink, to feed”)
Proto-Mordvinic: *andə̑- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *vuomtētēk (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *antadak (see there for further descendants)

References

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
Reshetnikov, Kirill; Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2011. "Studies in Uralic vocalism II: Reflexes of Proto-Uralic *a in Samoyed, Mansi and Permic". In Journal of Language Relationship 5, pp. 96–109.

External links

Entry #11 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.