Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/enä

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

Adjective

*enä

1. big

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *enä (“older brother”) (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: яныг (ânyg)
• Proto-Permic: *una
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: уна (una)
    • Komi-Zyrian: уна (una)
  • Udmurt: уно (uno)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *ińə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *eannē (“mother”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *enä (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #135 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Entry #1226 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.