Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/luwe

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

Reconstruction

*ë in Samoyedic is irregular, suggesting rather earlier *lëwe or *lëxe. The former option may allow assuming that *luwe represents an assimilation *ëw > *uw.

Noun

*luwe

1. bone

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *lë (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • >? Hungarian: láb
  • Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: лӓв (läw) (Obdorsk)
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: лув (luv)
• Proto-Permic: *lu̇ (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: лу (lu)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *lovaža
  • Erzya: ловажа (lovaža)
  • Moksha: ловажа (lovaža)
• Proto-Finnic: *luu (see there for further descendants)

Related terms

• *polwe

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

Further reading

• Entry #498 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.