Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śarwe

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

Most likely borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hwás (“horn”). Ob-Ugric reflexes meaning “bull elk” have sometimes been included, but they may also be separate loans from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHabʰás (“horned animal”), cf. Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá). May have replaced *aŋte (“horn”) in all European branches, unless this is an areal Siberian term.

Noun

*śarwe

antler, horn
Synonym: *aŋte

Alternative reconstructions

*śarwi (Aikio 2020)

Reconstruction notes

The Mordvinic and Samic reflexes indicate *śorwa, which according to Aikio (2016) is a regular secondary development from *śarwe, as indicated by Finnic and Hungarian.

Descendants

Proto-Finnic: *sarvi (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari: *šur (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *śurə (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Permic: *śur (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *čoarvē (see there for further descendants)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: szarv

External links

Entry #978 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

References

Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
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

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