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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/omte

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *omti
  • *oŋte (or a separate root?)

Noun

*omte

  1. cavity

Descendants
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: odú
    • Khanty:
      • Eastern Khanty: онт (ont)
      • Northern Khanty: вөнтəр (wøntər)
      • Southern Khanty: унт (unt), унтəр (untər)
    • Proto-Mansi: *āntǝr
      • Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (ōntər)
      • Northern Mansi: [script needed] (ōntər)
      • Western Southern Mansi: [script needed] (ōntər), [script needed] (oåntėr), [script needed] (wåntėr)
  • Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: ундо (undo)
    • Moksha: унда (unda)
  • Udmurt: удур (udur, “beehive opening”)
  • Proto-Samic: *vuomtë (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *onci (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • Álgu etymological database, entry #61026 (language: Proto-Finno-Ugric, word: omti, omte)
  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, p. 338
  • Entry #667 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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