Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luwe

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

*ë in Samoyedic is irregular, suggesting rather earlier *lëwe or *lëxe. The former option may allow assuming that *luwe represents an assimilation *ëw > *uw.

Noun

*luwe

  1. bone

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *lë (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • >? Hungarian: láb
    • Proto-Khanty: *lŏɣ (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Mansi: *lŭw
  • Proto-Permic: *lu̇ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *lu
    • Eastern Mari: лу (lu)
    • Western Mari: лу (lu)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *lovaža (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *luu (see there for further descendants)

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

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