Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/tuna-

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tune-

Verb

*tuna-

  1. to get used to
  2. to learn

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *təntå- (< *tun-ta-) (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric
  • Proto-Permic:
    • Komi:
    • Udmurt: тунаны (tunany)
  • Proto-Mari: *tŭnema-
    • Eastern Mari: тунемаш (tuńemaš)
    • Western Mari: тыменяш (tymeńaš)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *tonadǝms
    • Erzya: тонадомс (tonadoms)
    • Moksha: тонадомс (tonadoms)

References

  • Ante Aikio (2020), Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft version of entries A–Ć; 1/17/2020)[1], page 142
  • Holopainen, Sampsa (2023) Notes on an Old Problem of Hungarian Historical Vocalism: The sporadic (?) Change of Uralic *u > Hungarian a, á. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2023 (68): pp.130–131.