Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pojka

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

Not attested in Samoyedic, but no other Proto-Samoyedic term for 'boy' or 'son' is known either.

Sammallahti (1988) suggests derivation from a shorter stem *poje.

Noun

*pojka

1. boy
2. son

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: fia, fiú
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: пыг (pyg)
    • Eastern Mansi: пув (puv)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: пӑг (păg)
• Proto-Permic: *pi (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: пӱерге (püjerge)
  • Western Mari: пӱергы (püjergy)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *pujə~*pijə
  • Erzya: буё (bujo), пиё (pijo)
• Proto-Finnic: *poika (see there for further descendants); ? *poju (> Finnish poju)

References

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