Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wajŋe

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

Noun

*wajŋe

  1. breath
  2. spirit

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *wajŋ (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
  • Proto-Samic: *vuojŋë, *vuojŋëtēk, *vuojŋēs (see there for further descendants)

From *wajŋe-ma > *waj(ŋ)-ma-(w):

  • Proto-Mordvinic: *vajmə
    • Erzya: ойме (ojme)
    • Moksha: вайме (vajme)
  • Proto-Finnic: *vaimo (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
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