Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ede

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

Adverb

*ede

1. ahead, before

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *ir- (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: elő (“fore”), el (“away”), elé (“to front of”)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: илә (ilə, “forward”)
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: эла (èla), э̄ла (è̄la, “forward”), элит (èlit), э̄лит (è̄lit, “ahead”)
• Proto-Finnic: *eci
  • Finnish: esi-

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