Reconstruction:Proto-Ugric/säptɜ

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

A borrowing from an Indo-European language, likely Old Iranian. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. The lack of a regular vowel-correspondence between Hungarian hét (<<*ét) and Proto-Ob-Ugric *θääpet *[s̪æːpet] (as well as the irregular s- in Mansi) suggest that this word was borrowed separately into Proto-Hungarian and Proto-Ob-Ugric.

Numeral

*säptɜ

1. seven

Descendants

• Hungarian: hét
• Proto-Mansi: *sǟtə (see there for further descendants)
• Khanty:
  • Northern Khanty: ԓапәт (łapət) (Kazym), тапыт (tapyt) (Middle Ob)