Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/omte

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *omti
• *oŋte (or a separate root?)

Noun

*omte

1. cavity

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: odú
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: онт (ont)
    • Northern Khanty: вөнтəр (wøntər)
    • Southern Khanty: унт (unt), унтəр (untər)
  • Proto-Mansi: *āntǝr
    • Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (ōntər)
    • Northern Mansi: [script needed] (ōntər)
    • Western Southern Mansi: [script needed] (ōntər), [script needed] (oåntėr), [script needed] (wåntėr)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *undə
  • Erzya: ундо (undo)
  • Moksha: унда (unda)
• Udmurt: удур (udur, “beehive opening”)
• Proto-Samic: *vuomtë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *onci (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Álgu etymological database, entry #61026 (language: Proto-Finno-Ugric, word: omti, omte) [1]
• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, p. 338
• Entry #667 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.