Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mëksa

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

Also transcribed varyingly e.g. *mïksa, *mɨkså. Some authors do not recognize the phoneme *ë and reconstruct *maksa.

Noun

*mëksa

  1. liver

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *mïtə (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: máj
    • Proto-Mansi: *măjt-
    • Proto-Khanty: *muɣǝʌ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Permic: *mus (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *mokš
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *maksə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *muoksē (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *maksa (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
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