Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śuwe

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

Noun

*śuwe

1. mouth

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *soj (“throat”) (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: száj
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: сӯп (sūp)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: шу (šu)
  • Western Mari: [script needed] (-šu)
• Proto-Finnic: *suu (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *čontëk (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Indo-European: *sewk- (“to suck; juice”)
  • >? Latin: sūcus (“juice”)
  • >? Proto-Slavic: *sъsàti (“to suck”)
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *sūkaną (“to suck, suckle”)
  • >? Welsh: sugno (“to suck”)