Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mete
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Proto-Uralic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Tocharian *ḿətə, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. One of the words found only within the traditional Finno-Ugric group.
It is not clear if the Mari words are inherited, as loss of *-t- would be irregular (contrast the development in *pata, *wete). UEW suggests the possibility of deriving them from a separate root *mäkɜ, while another possibility is loaning from Permic.
Noun[edit]
*mete
Descendants[edit]
- Ugric:
- Hungarian: méz
- Proto-Permic: *må (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mari: *mü (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *meď (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *meci (see there for further descendants)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- 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
External links[edit]
- Entry #539 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.