Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mete

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Tocharian *ḿətə, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. One of the words found only within the traditional Finno-Ugric group.

It is not clear if the Mari words are inherited, as loss of *-t- would be irregular (contrast the development in *pata, *wete). UEW suggests the possibility of deriving them from a separate root *mäkɜ, while another possibility is loaning from Permic.

Noun

*mete

1. honey

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: méz
• Proto-Permic: *må (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *mü (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *meď (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *meci (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *mekše

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