Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/wuwa

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

Noun

*wuwa

current, flow

Alternative reconstructions

*uwa

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *wuə
- Nganasan: буо (buo, “current”)
Ugric:
- Proto-Mansi: *åw
  - Central Mansi:
    - Western Mansi: [script needed] (ow, “current”)
- Proto-Khanty: *ow
  - Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (oγ, “current”)
Proto-Samic: ⇒ *ëvētēk (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *voo ~ *uva (see there for further descendants)

References

Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2012. "On Finnic long vowels, Samoyed vowel sequences, and Proto-Uralic *x". In: Hyytiäinen, Tiina; Jalava, Lotta; Saarikivi, Janne; Sandman, Erika (eds.), Per Urales ad Orientem. Iter polyphonicum multilinguae. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 264, pp. 227–250.

Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “vuo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 30 June 2025