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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mone

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably somehow related to (Northwestern) Proto-Indo-European *monogʰos (whence Proto-Germanic *managaz, Proto-Celtic *menekkis, Proto-Balto-Slavic *managas), which has sometimes been considered a substrate loan. The Uralic word is possibly from the same source, and if so, possibly borrowed through Indo-European.

Pronoun

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*mone

  1. some
  2. many

Numeral

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*-mone

  1. ? -ty

Usage notes

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This word can only be safely reconstructed to Proto-Finno-Permic, unless the Ugric descendants are related (alternatively, they and the Permic "-ty" may represent a separate root).

Descendants

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  • Proto-Permic: *mu̇nda
  • Proto-Samic:
  • Proto-Finnic: *moni (see there for further descendants)

Uncertain (may be a separate root):

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