Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wuwa

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

  • *uwa

Noun

*wuwa

  1. current, flow

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: [Term?] (*wuə ?)
    • Nganasan: буо (buo, “current”)
  • Ugric:
    • Proto-Mansi: *åw
      • Central Mansi:
        • Western Mansi: [script needed] (ow, “current”)
    • Proto-Khanty: *ow
      • Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (oγ, “current”)
  • Proto-Samic: ⇒ *ëvētēk (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *voo ~ *uva (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “vuo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 30 June 2025
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