Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mëksa

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

Reconstruction

Also transcribed varyingly e.g. *mïksa, *mɨkså. Some authors do not recognize the phoneme *ë and reconstruct *maksa.

Noun

*mëksa

liver

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *mïtə
- Nganasan:
- Enets:
  - Tundra Enets: [script needed] (muro)
  - Forest Enets: [script needed] (mudo)
- Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: мыд (mid°)
  - Forest Nenets: [script needed] (mi̮t)
- Selkup:
  - Northern Selkup: мыты (myty)
  - Southern Selkup:
    - Narym: мыд (myd)
    - Upper Ob: мид (mid)
- Kamassian: [script needed] (mit)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: máj
- Mansi:
  - Northern Mansi: ма̄йт (mājt) (Sosva)
- Khanty:
  Eastern Khanty: мугәл (mugəl)
  
  Northern Khanty: мөгәԓ (møgəł), мӑгәл (măgəl)
Proto-Permic: *mus (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari:
- Eastern Mari: мокш (mokš)
Proto-Mordvinic: *maksə (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *muoksē (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *maksa (see there for further descendants)

References

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.

External links

Entry #519 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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