Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wajŋe

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

*wajŋe

1. breath
2. spirit

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *wajŋ
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup:
      • Taz: Northern Selkup: [script needed] (ke̮ji)
• Proto-Samoyedic: *wajŋtut
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: [script needed] (jīntǝʔ)
  • Proto-Selkup:
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: гвэй (gwej)
  • Nganasan: бачуˮ (bačuʔ)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: vágy
• Proto-Samic: *vuojŋë, *vuojŋëtēk, *vuojŋēs (see there for further descendants)

From *wajŋe-ma > *waj(ŋ)-ma-(w):

• Proto-Mordvinic: *vajmə
  • Erzya: ойме (ojme)
  • Moksha: вайме (vajme)
• Proto-Finnic: *vaimo (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.