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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luwe

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

Reconstruction

*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

*luwe

  1. bone

Descendants
  • Proto-Samoyedic: *lë (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: láb (?)
    • Khanty: лӓв (läw)
    • Mansi: лув (luw)
  • Permic:
    • Komi-Permyak: лы (ly)
    • Komi-Zyrian: лы (ly)
    • Udmurt: лы (ly)
  • Mari:
    • Eastern Mari: лу (lu)
  • Proto-Mordvinic:
  • Proto-Finnic: *luu (see there for further descendants)

References
  • 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
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