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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wete

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Probably connected with Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”) and *wed- in some way. Variants of the Nostratic and Indo-Uralic theories propose common descent, while other researchers have supported loaning from Indo-European to Uralic, replacing Proto-Uralic *śäčä everywhere but in some of the northern fringes of the family (most prominently Proto-Samic *čācē).[2]

Noun

*wete

  1. water

Synonyms
  • *śäčä

Descendants
  • Finno-Permic:
    • Finnic: *veci (see there for further descendants)
    • Mari:
      • Eastern Mari: вӱд (vüd)
      • Western Mari: вӹт (vÿt)
    • Mordvinic: [Term?]
    • Permic: [Term?]
      • Komi:
        • Komi-Zyrian: ва (va)
        • Komi-Permyak: ва (va)
      • Udmurt: ву (vu)
    • Samic: *vëcë (“newly fallen snow”) (perhaps) (see there for further descendants)
  • Samoyedic: *wit
    • Nganasan: быˮ (byʔ)
    • Enets:
      • Forest Enets: [Term?] (biʔ)
      • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (biʔ)
    • Nenets:
      • Tundra Nenets: иˮ (yiq)
      • Forest Nenets: [Term?]
    • Selkup: ӱт (üt)
    • Kamassian: бю (bü)
    • Mator: бу (bu)
  • Ugric: [Term?]
    • Hungarian: víz
    • Mansi:
      Northern Mansi: вит (vit)

References
  1. Daniel, Abondolo (1998), “Chapter I: Introduction”, in Abondolo, Daniel, editor, The Uralic languages (Routledge language family descriptions), Oxon, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 11
  2. Koivulehto, Jorma. 2002. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in light of lexical loans". In: Carpela, Christian; Parpola, Asko; Koskikallio, Petteri (eds.), Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European, pp. 235–263. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura.
  • Entry #1142 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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