Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wexe-

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Often conflated with *wixe- (“to bring, take somewhere”), but Aikio (2013) argues for two separate verbs, which are still distinct in Hungarian and Selkup, and can be reconstructed separately in Proto-Samic.

Verb

*wexe-

to take, to grasp

Descendants

Samoyedic: *i- (“to take”)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: vësz
- Mansi: [Term?]
- Khanty: [Term?]
Samic: *vēkëtēk
- Southern Sami: viëkedh

References

Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2013. "Studies in Uralic etymology I: Saami etymologies". Linguistica Uralica 49:3, pp. 161–174.
Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

External links

Entry #1148 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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