Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wexe-

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

Often conflated with *wixe- (“to bring, take somewhere”), but Aikio (2013) argues for two separate verbs, which are still distinct in Hungarian and Selkup, and can be reconstructed separately in Proto-Samic.

Verb

*wexe-

1. to take, to grasp

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *i- (“to take”)
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: ӣӄо
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: ӣгу (jīgu)
      • Upper Ob: иигу (iigu)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: vësz
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: [script needed] (wiγ-)
  • Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: [script needed] (tu-)
• Proto-Samic: *vēkëtēk
  • Southern Sami: viëkedh

References

• Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2013. "Studies in Uralic etymology I: Saami etymologies". Linguistica Uralica 49:3, pp. 161–174.
• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

External links

• Entry #1148 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.