Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ënɜppe

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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ënɜppe

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

Etymology

Likely originally a compound with *ëppe (“father-in-law”) as the second member. The first member is not known as an independent word, but may be also reflected in Proto-Samic *vuonēm (“mother-in-law”) (perhaps from *ënɜ + *emä).

Noun

*ënɜppe

1. in-law

Descendants

• Samoyedic: *ïnəpə
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: ӈынаб (ŋinab)
• Finnic: *anoppi (“mother-in-law”)
  • Finnish: anoppi
  • Veps: anop

Further reading

• Entry #14 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.