Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/peksä-

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

Verb

*peksä-

  1. to beat

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *pet- (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Permic: *pɛsni (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *pivcəms~*piksəms (to thresh, flail)
    • Erzya: пивсэмс (pivsëms)
    • Moksha: пиксэмс (piksëms)
  • Proto-Finnic: *peksädäk (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