Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mośke-

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

Perhaps akin to Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (“to dip, sink”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Reconstruction

The Mari, Permic and Hungarian descendants suggest rather *muśke-, which may potentially be due to the labializing influence of *m-. In the case of Mari, Aikio (2013) proposes that such a development near labial consonants is indeed regular: compare also e.g. *kolmes, *kopa.

Verb

*mośke-

1. to wash

Synonyms

• *lika-
• (Western Uralic) *pese-

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *måsə- (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: mos
• Proto-Permic: *mu̇śkini (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *mŭška- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *muśkəms
  • Erzya: муськемс (muśkems)
  • Moksha: муськомс (muśkoms)
• Proto-Finnic: *moskëdak (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2013. "Studies in Uralic etymology I: Saami etymologies". Linguistica Uralica 49:3, pp. 161–174.
• 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 #568 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.