Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/täje

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

Noun

*täje

1. louse

Descendants

• ⇒ Proto-Ugric: *täjəktəm
  • Hungarian: tetű
  • Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: тевтәм (tjewtəm)
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: та̄кум (tākum)
• Proto-Permic: *töj (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: тий (tij)
  • Western Mari: ти (ti)
• Proto-Finnic: *täi (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #1035 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.