Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luwe
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Proto-Uralic[edit]
Reconstruction[edit]
*ë in Samoyedic is irregular, suggesting rather earlier *lëwe or *lëxe. The former option may allow assuming that *luwe represents an assimilation *ëw > *uw.
Noun[edit]
*luwe
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Samoyedic: *lë (see there for further descendants)
- Ugric:
- Proto-Permic: *lu̇ (see there for further descendants)
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: лу (lu)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *lovaža
- Proto-Finnic: *luu (see there for further descendants)
Related terms[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
Further reading[edit]
- Entry #498 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.