Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ëmta-

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

Reconstruction

Most reflexes are ambiguous between *ëmta- and *amta-. Sammallahti (1988) opts for the former reconstruction, based on Komi /u/ (contrast e.g. *aja-). According to a proposal by Reshetnikov & Zhivlov (2011), even this may be however derivable from *a.

Verb

*ëmta-

1. to give

Synonyms

• *mexe-

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: ad
• Proto-Permic: *udni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *andəms (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *vuomtētēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *antadak (see there for further descendants)

References

• 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
• Reshetnikov, Kirill; Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2011. "Studies in Uralic vocalism II: Reflexes of Proto-Uralic *a in Samoyed, Mansi and Permic". In Journal of Language Relationship 5, pp. 96–109.

External links

• Entry #11 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.