Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/jäŋe

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

One of the words attested only in the traditional Finno-Ugric group; contrast Proto-Samoyedic *sër.

Noun

*jäŋe

  1. ice

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: jég
    • Proto-Mansi: *jǟŋkɜ
    • Proto-Khanty: *jiŋk (water) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Permic: *jȯ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *i
    • Eastern Mari: ий (ij)
    • Western Mari: и (i)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *jäj~*jäŋ
  • Proto-Samic: *jieŋë (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *jää (see there for further descendants)
  • *jäkše- (to cool)

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