Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wetä-

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 forms

  • *wätä- (fits better except for Finnic)

Etymology

According to Koivulehto, possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-;[1] Holopainen & Junttila (2022) propose either it or Pre-Indo-Iranian.[2]

Verb

*wetä-

  1. to lead, guide, pull

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: vezet
  • Mari:
    • Eastern Mari: вӱдаш (vüdaš)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *veťəms~*viťəms
    • Erzya: ветямс (veťams)
    • Moksha: вятемс (vätems)
  • Proto-Finnic: *vetädäk (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Koivulehto, Jorma. 2003. Frühe Kontakte zwischen Uralisch und Indogermanisch im nordwestindogermanischen Raum. LangPreEu 279-317
  2. ^ Holopainen, Sampsa, Junttila, Santeri (2022) Die alten arischen und baltischen Lehnverben der uralischen Sprachen, Dettelbach: Verlag J.H. Röll GmbH, →ISBN, pages 40–42
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