Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lüpsä

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

Probably borrowed from a substrate language.

Noun

*lüpsä (Western Uralic)

  1. milk

Verb

*lüpsä- (Western Uralic)

  1. to milk

Descendants

From *lüpsä-

  • Proto-Finnic: *lüpsädäk (to milk) (see there for further descendants)

From *lü(p)ś-tä-:

  • Proto-Permic: [Term?] (to milk)
    • Komi:
      • Komi-Zyrian: лысьтыны (lyśtyny)
      • Komi-Permyak: высьтыны (vyśtyny)

From *lü(p)s-tä-:

  • Proto-Mari: *lü̆ste- (to milk)
    • Eastern Mari: лӱшташ (lüštaš)
    • Western Mari:

From *lupsa:

  • Proto-Mordvinic: *lovsə (milk)
    • Erzya: ловсо (lovso)
    • Moksha: лофца (lofca)

References

  • Metsäranta, Niklas. Periytyminen ja lainautuminen: Marin ja permiläisten kielten sanastontutkimusta (2020). University of Helsinki (Doctoral dissertation). pp.254-255

Further reading