Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/sükśe

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

One of the words limited to the traditional Finno-Ugric group. Contrast Proto-Samoyedic *ërö (“autumn”) (from Proto-Uralic *ëde (“year”)).

Reconstruction

The Samic and Khanty reflexes show an assimilation *s-ś > *ś-ś; compare also e.g. *sańśa- (“to stand”). A number of forms including Finnic and Udmurt suggest a parallel or extended form *sükeśe.

Noun

*sükśe

autumn

Descendants

Ugric:
- Hungarian: ősz
- Khanty:
  - Northern: сус (sus)
- Mansi: *tü̆kəs[1]
  - Southern:
    - Tavda: tüks
  - Western:
    - Pelym: Тэ́ксъ (Tè́ksʺ)
  - Northern:
    - Sosva таквс (takvs)
    - Ob teksi
  - Eastern:
    - Jukonda: тяхсы (tâhsy)
Proto-Permic: *siźil (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari: *šĭžə (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic:
- Erzya: сёксь (sjoksʹ)
- Moksha: сёксе (sjokse)
Proto-Samic: *čëkčë (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *süksü, *süküsü (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