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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

  1. autumn

Descendants
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: ősz
    • Khanty:
    • Proto-Mansi: *tü̆kəs (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Permic: *siźil (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *šĭžə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: сёксь (śokś)
    • Moksha: сёксе (śokśe)
  • 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

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