Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mëksa

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

Also transcribed varyingly e.g. *mïksa, *mɨkså. Some authors do not recognize the phoneme *ë and reconstruct *maksa.

Noun

*mëksa

1. liver

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *mïtə (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: máj
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: ма̄йт (mājt) (Sosva)
  • Khanty:

    Eastern Khanty: мугәл (mugəl)

    Northern Khanty: мөгәԓ (møgəł), мӑгәл (măgəl)

• Proto-Permic: *mus (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: мокш (mokš)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *maksə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *muoksē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *maksa (see there for further descendants)

References

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.

External links

• Entry #519 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.