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To be pedantic, Finnish is not Ugric. Hungarian is Ugric, Finnish is Finnic. They both are Finno-Ugric, a.k.a Uralic. Many non-linguist Finns mix up Finno-Ugric
by Contexti 4y ago
To be pedantic, Finnish is not Ugric. Hungarian is Ugric, Finnish is Finnic. They both are Finno-Ugric, a.k.a Uralic. Many non-linguist Finns mix up Finno-Ugric and Ugric.
The Proto-Uralic *weti "water" looks like it could come from IE *u̯ódr̥, *udén- "water", but that etymology is problematic because of irregular sound substitutions[0]:
- why would Uralic have *e when it's not present in the IE original?
- why would Uralic drop *r or *n at the end?
[0] Simon, Z. (2020). Urindogermanische Lehnwörter in den uralischen und finno-ugrischen Grundsprachen. Indogermanische Forschungen, 125(1), 239–266. https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2020-011 https://doi.org/10.1515/if-2020-011
- euroderf 4y agoA-ha, good to know. And sori on the "Ugric". As for irregular sound substitutions, well, water IS a very common concept & word, so I would think that anything goes.