Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ikene

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

*ikene

1. gum (soft part of mouth)

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: íny
• Proto-Finnic: *igen (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #144 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.