Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ükteksä
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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
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *ükte (“one”) with a suffix of unknown derivation and origin. The Finno-Mordvinic term has sometimes been connected with Eastern Mari индеш (indeš), but this is likely a parallel formation and not related directly to the term. See *kakteksa for more details.
Numeral
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*ükteksä
- (Finno-Mordvinic) nine
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Mordvinic: *vejksə (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *ükteksä (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Samic: *ëkcē (or borrowed from Finnic) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]More references under *kakteksa.
- Napolsikh, Vladimir. Uralic Numerals is the evolution of numeral system reconstructable? (2003).
- Aikio, Ante. Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft, 2020).
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ükteksän”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)
External links
[edit]- Entry #1672 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.