Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ojwa

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

Noun

*ojwa

head

Synonyms

*päŋe

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *åjwå
- Nganasan: ӈойбоа (ŋojbᵘa)
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: эба (eba)
  - Tundra Enets: [script needed] (abuři)
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: ӈэва (ŋewa)
- Mator: [script needed] (айбай, “first, chief”)
Proto-Mari: *wuj (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic:
- Moksha: уйфтемс (ujfťems)
Proto-Samic: *oajvē (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *oiva (see there for further descendants)

References

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

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