Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ćara-

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *śara-

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćar- (whence Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (sairiia) and more distantly related to Proto-Slavic *sьrati).

Verb

*ćara-

  1. to shit, defecate

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: szar, szarik
    • Proto-Mansi: *sūrǝ
    • Proto-Khanty: *sī̮r (fly eggs)
      • Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (si̮r)
  • Proto-Mari: *šåra-
    • Eastern Mari: шораш (šoraš)
    • Western Mari: шараш (šaraš)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *śarǝndǝms ~ *śäŕǝńďǝms
    • Erzya: сернемс (sernems)
    • Moksha: [script needed] (śarǝndǝms) [script needed] (śärǝńďǝms)
  • Proto-Samic:

References

  • Ante Aikio (2020) Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft version of entries A–Ć; 1/17/2020)[1], pages 104-105
  • Holopainen, Sampsa (2019) Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic: Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN, pages 324–326