Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mene-

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

May be akin to Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Welsh myned, Polish minąć).

Verb

*mene-

to go

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *min- (“to go”), *mintä- (“to carry”) (see there for further descendants)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: megy
- Mansi:
  - Northern Mansi: минуӈкве (minuňkwe)
- Khanty:
  - Eastern Khanty: мән (mən)
  - Northern Khanty: мӑн (măn)
Proto-Permic: *münni (see there for further descendants)
Mari:
- Eastern Mari: мияш (mijaš)
? Mordvinic:
- ? Erzya: менемс (meńems, “to break free, dispose of”)
Proto-Samic: *mënëtēk (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *mendäk (see there for further descendants)

External links

Entry #536 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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