Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mi

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

A relation has been suggested with Proto-Indo-European *mo- (interrogative stem), whence derived Hittite maši- (“how many”) and Tocharian A mänt (“how”).

Pronoun

*mi

1. what (interrogative)

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: ма̄ныр (mānyr)
    • Eastern Mansi: мятыр (mâtyr)
  • Hungarian: mi
• Permic
  • Komi-Zyrian: мый (myj)
  • Udmurt: ма (ma)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *me-, *meźə
  • Erzya: мезе (meźe), мее (meje), мень (meń)
  • Moksha: мезе (meźe)
• Proto-Samic:
  • Northern Sami: mii
  • Southern Sami: mij
  • Lule Sami: mij
  • Ter Sami: мӣ (mī)
  • Kildin Sami: мӣ (mī)
  • Akkala Sami: мӣ (mī)
• Proto-Finnic: *mi (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #581 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.