Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śečä

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

Some sources (e.g. Sammallahti 1988) reconstruct *čečä and a dissimilation *č-č > *ć-č for Finnic, Samic and Komi; others (UEW) assume instead a widespread assimilation *ś-č > *č-č or *š-č. Compare *śača-.

Noun

*śečä

1. uncle

Coordinate terms

• *ekä
• *ëńa
• *koska

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *cicä (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Mansi:
    • Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (šäš)
    • Northern Mansi: сасыг (sasyg)
    • Western Mansi: [script needed] (šäš)
• Proto-Permic: *čɔž
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: чож (ćož)
    • Komi-Zyrian: чож (ćož)
  • Udmurt: ӵуж (čuž)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: чӹчӹ (čÿčÿ)
  • Western Mari: чӱчӧ (čüčö)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *čəčə, *čičə
  • Erzya: чиче (čiče), шиче (šiče), шичаля (šičaľa)
  • Moksha: щене (ščeńe), щятя (ščaťa, “maternal grandfather”), щава (ščava, “maternal grandmother”), щака (ščaka, “aunt”)
• Proto-Samic: *čeacē (“paternal uncle”)
• Proto-Finnic: *setä (“paternal uncle”)

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

External links

• Entry #60 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.