Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pura-

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

Verb

*pura-

1. to drill, to bore

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *pərɜŋ (“drill”) (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: fúr
• Proto-Finnic: *pura

Further reading

• Entry #817 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.