Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/jäŋe

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 attested only in the traditional Finno-Ugric group; contrast Proto-Samoyedic *sër.

Noun

*jäŋe

1. ice

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: jég
  • Proto-Mansi: *jǟŋkɜ
    • Northern Mansi: я̄ӈк (â̄ňk)
    • Eastern Mansi: янгк (ângk)
  • Proto-Khanty: *jiŋk (“water”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Permic: *jȯ (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: и (i)
  • Western Mari: ий (ij)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *jäj~*jäŋ
  • Erzya: эй (ej)
  • Moksha: эй (ej)
• Proto-Samic: *jieŋë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *jää (see there for further descendants)

Related terms

• *jäkše- (“to cool”)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (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

External links

• Entry #171 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.