Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ona

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *wona

Adjective

*ona

  1. short

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Proto-Mansi: *ūnǝkʷā (short)
      • Central Mansi:
        • Western Mansi: (South Vagilsk, Lower Lozva) [script needed] (ǖnkʷä)
        • Eastern Mansi: (Lower Konda) [script needed] (ūnχ)
      • Southern Mansi: (Tavda) [script needed] (ōnkar) (< *ūnǝkʷār)
    • Proto-Mansi: *ūnām- (to become short)
      • Central Mansi:
        • Western Mansi: (Lower Lozva) [script needed] (ǖnm-)
      • Southern Mansi: (Tavda) [script needed] (ōnam-), [script needed] (ōnǝm-)
  • Proto-Samic: *oanē (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *onëh (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Ante Aikio (2020) Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft version of entries A–Ć; 1/17/2020)[1], page 73
  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.