Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mekše

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *mékš, whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš.

Noun

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*mekše[1][2]

  1. bee

Descendants

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  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: méh
  • Proto-Permic: *möš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *mükš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *mekš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *mehi (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “mákš-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287
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    Katz, Hartmut (2003) Studien zu den älteren indoiranischen Lehnwörtern in den uralischen Sprachen (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3. Reihe) (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter