Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wärkɜ

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

Borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥tkás.

Noun

*wärkɜ

1. kidney

Descendants

• Permic:
  • Komi-Zyrian: вӧрк (vörk)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: верге (verge)
  • Western Mari: вӓргӹ (värgÿ)

Further reading

• Entry #1699 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.