Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ënɜppe

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

Likely originally a compound with *ëppe (“father-in-law”) as the second member. The first member is not known as an independent word, but may be also reflected in Proto-Samic *vuonēm (“mother-in-law”) (perhaps from *ënɜ + *emä). In such a case, the word may originally have been a dvandva compound (mother-in-law + father-in-law to mean "In-law" in general).

Noun

*ënɜppe

1. in-law

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *ïnəpə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *anoppi (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #14 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.