Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/pojka

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

Not attested in Samoyedic, but no other Proto-Samoyedic term for 'boy' or 'son' is known either.

Sammallahti (1988) suggests derivation from a shorter stem *poje.

Noun

*pojka

boy
son

Descendants

Ugric:
- Hungarian: fia, fiú
- Mansi:
  - Northern Mansi: пыг (pyg)
- Khanty:
  - Eastern Khanty: пӑг (păg)
Proto-Permic: *pi (see there for further descendants)
Mari:
- Eastern Mari: пӱерге (püjerge)
- Western Mari: пӱергы (püjergy)
Mordvinic:
- Erzya: буё (bujo), пиё (pijo)
Proto-Finnic: *poika (see there for further descendants); ? *poju (> Finnish poju)

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

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