Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wixe-

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

Possibly related with Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, carry”), but this is less likely with *wixe- than with *wexe- due to the vocalism. Both loaning and common origin (from alleged Indo-Uralic or Nostratic *wig-) have been proposed.

Verb

*wixe-

1. to bring, to take somewhere

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *ü- (“to pull”), *ükəl- (“to pull, drag”)
  • Selkup:
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: ӱ́голгу (ǘgolgu)
      • Upper Ob: іогэлгу
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: visz
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: виӈкве (viňkve)
• ? Proto-Permic: *vajni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *vijəms
  • Erzya: виемс (vijems)
  • Moksha: виемс (vijems)
• Proto-Samic: *vikëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *veedäk (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *mexe-
• *toxe-

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
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

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