Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/e-

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 1

    Pronoun

    *e-

    1. this
    Descendants
    • Proto-Samoyedic: *e- (see there for further descendants)
    • Ugric
      • Hungarian: e, ez
    • Mordvinic
      • Proto-Mordvinic: *e-
        • Erzya: эте (ete), эсе (ese), истя (isťa)
        • Moksha: эса (esa), эста (esta), эмбе (embe)
    • Finnic
      • Proto-Finnic: *että (with *-tta) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Finnic: *enci (with *-nci) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Finnic: *ellä (with *-lla)

    Etymology 2

      Sometimes compared to Proto-Yukaghir *əl-, Proto-Mongolic *ese and Proto-Tungusic *e-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

      Verb

      *e-

      1. The negative verb; not
      • *älä- (don't) imperative stem
      Descendants
      • Proto-Samoyedic: *e- (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Permic: *ɔ- (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Mordvinic: *e-, *i-, *a-
      • Proto-Samic: *i-
        • Western Samic:
          • Southern Sami: ij
          • Ume Sami: ij
          • Pite Sami: ij
          • Lule Sami: ij
          • Northern Sami: ii
        • Eastern Samic:
          • Inari Sami: ij
          • Skolt Sami: ij
          • Akkala Sami: ий (ij)
      • Proto-Finnic: *e- (see there for further descendants)

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