Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/suxe-
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Koivulehto, possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to set in motion”),[1] although this etymology is problematic.[2]
Verb
[edit]*suxe-
- to row
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Samoyedic: *tuə- (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Samic: *sukëtēk, *suvtētēk (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *soutadak (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- Entry #911 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
References
[edit]- ^ Koivulehto, Jorma (1991) Uralische Evidenz für die Laryngaltheorie (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse; 556) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, pages 59-63
- ^ Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, Elena Skribnik. Of fish, boats, and people: Expressions of aquamotion in Uralic. Itämeren kieliapajilta Volgan verkoille: Pühendusteos Riho Grünthalile 22. mail 2024 (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia = Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne 278), Helsinki 2024. p. 72