Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/päkšnä

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

Likely a substrate loanword due to the three-consonant cluster, which is not native to Uralic.

Noun

*päkšnä

1. linden

Descendants

• Proto-Mari: *pistə
  • Eastern Mari: пиште (pište)
  • Western Mari: пишты (pišty)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *päkšə
  • Erzya: пекше (pekše)
  • Moksha: пяше (päše)
• Proto-Finnic: *pähnä
  • Finnish: pärnä
  • Estonian: pärn
  • Võro: pähn

References

• Aikio, Ante The Finnic Secondary E-Stems and Proto-Uralic Vocalism.