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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/tewä

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

Sometimes compared to Proto-Tungusic *tibŋa (“male deer, elk”), Proto-Turkic *tebe (“camel”) ("deer" in North Siberian Turkic languages).

Noun

*tewä

  1. elk
  2. deer

Descendants
  • Ugric
    • >? Hungarian: tehén (“cow”)
  • Samoyedic
    • Nganasan: taa (“deer”)
    • Kamassian: тягӧ (tagö, “deer”), тхо (tʰo, “deer”)
    • Tundra Nenets: ты (tı, “deer”)
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