Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mälke

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

Sometimes compared with Proto-Yukaghir *mel-.

Noun

*mälke

breast

Descendants

Ugric:
- Hungarian: mell
- Proto-Mansi: *mǟɣǝl
  - Northern Mansi: ма̄гыл (māgyl)
  - Southern Mansi: [script needed] (møul)
  - Eastern Mansi: мавлын (mavlyn)
- Proto-Khanty: *möɣǝl (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Permic:
- Udmurt: мыл (myl)
Proto-Mari: *mel
- Eastern Mari: мел (mel)
- Western Mari: мел (mel)
Proto-Mordvinic: *mäľkə
- Erzya: мельке (meľke, “brisket”), мелькть (meľkť, “lungs”)
- Moksha: [script needed] (ḿäĺʿḱä)
Proto-Samic: *mielkë (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *mälvi (see there for further descendants)