Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ańa

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

*ańa

1. a relative (female)

Descendants

• Ugric
  • Hungarian: ángy, ? anya (“mother”), leány (“girl”)
  • Ob-Ugric ("stepmother")
    • Proto-Mansi: *āńǝɣ
      • Northern Mansi: о̄ниг (ōnig) (Sosva), ōний (ōnij) (Upper Lozva)
    • Proto-Khanty: *i̮ńkī
      • Northern Khanty: ӑњхи (ănjhi)
• Proto-Permic: *ań (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *ańa
  • ⇒ Erzya: низаня (ńizańa)
  • ⇒ Moksha: аняка (ańaka)
• >? Proto-Samic: *oańē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #15 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.