Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/watka-

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

*watka-

1. to debark (a tree)

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *wåt-
  • Tundra Nenets: [script needed] (waʔ-).
• Proto-Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: вокташ (voktaš)
  • Western Mari: вакташ (vaktaš)
• Proto-Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: ваткамс (vatkams)
  • Moksha: ваткамс (vatkams)
• Proto-Samic: *vuotkētēk (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Finnic: *vatkudak (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.