Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/tä

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

Etymology

Sometimes compared with other Eurasian words, such as Proto-Indo-European *só, Northern Yukaghir [script needed] (tiŋ), Proto-Tungusic *ta, but no consensus exists of a relationship.

Pronoun

*tä

1. that

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *tə
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: тей (ťej)
  • Kamassian: дә (də)
• Ugric:
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: тыхо̄тал (tyhōtal)
  • Hungarian: tegnap
• Proto-Permic: *ta (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *ťä
  • Erzya: те (ťe)
  • Moksha: тя (ťa)
• Proto-Finnic: *tämä (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *tātë (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *to

Further reading

• Entry #1034 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.