Reconstruction:Proto-Ugric/palɣɜ

This Proto-Ugric 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-Ugric

Etymology

Has been compared to Proto-Mongolic *balaga-sun and Proto-Turkic *balïq (“fortress, fortified city, village”). The direction of borrowing is unclear, but Sinor (1981) regards the Turkic as borrowed from Ugric.^[1]

Noun

*palɣɜ^[2]

village

Descendants

Hungarian: falu
Proto-Mansi: *pī̮wəl (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Khanty: *pūɣǝl (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Sinor, Denis (1981) “The origin of Turkic balïq “town””, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 25, number 1/2, →JSTOR, pages 95–102
^ Entry #697 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

[1] Sinor, Denis (1981) “The origin of Turkic balïq “town””, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 25, number 1/2, →JSTOR, pages 95–102

[2] Entry #697 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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