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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mekše

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

Borrowed from pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *mékš, whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš.

Noun

*mekše[1][2]

  1. bee

Descendants
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: méh
  • Proto-Mari: *mükš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: мекш (mekš)
    • Moksha: меш (meš)
  • Proto-Permic: *möš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *mehi (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “mákš-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287
  2. Katz, Hartmut (2003) Studien zu den älteren indoiranischen Lehnwörter in den uralischen Sprachen (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3. Reihe) (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter
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