Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/muďa

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

The Samic-Finnic-Mordvinic words have previously been considered possible loanwords from Germanic, but Aikio (2002) argues that since regular counterparts in Samoyedic can be found, while the Germanic word lacks a good Indo-European etymology, the direction of loaning is likely to have rather been Uralic → Germanic.

Compare with Proto-Nakh *mHuṭi (“dirt”).

Noun

*muďa

  1. earth
    Synonym: *mëxe

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *məjå (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *moda
  • Proto-Samic: *moδē (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *muta (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Germanic: *muda-, *muþa-, *mudra-, *muþra-

References

  • Aikio, Ante. 2002. "New and Old Samoyed Etymologies". Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 57, pp. 9–57.
  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
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