Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/aja-

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

Probably borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-, *h₂éǵeti, but the exact form and source language remains undetermined. Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háȷ́ati, sometimes proposed, does not appear likely, as the Indo-Iranian *j would probably not have been reflected by a Uralic *j (note the difference in notation; Indo-Iranian *j is a palatal stop or an affricate, while Uralic *j is /j/).

Verb

*aja-

to drive
to hunt, chase

Descendants

>? Proto-Samoyedic: *åjtå- (possibly, rejected by Aikio^[1]) (see there for further descendants)
Ugric:
- Mansi:
  - Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (wujt), [script needed] (wojt)
Proto-Permic: *ojni (see there for further descendants)
>? Proto-Mordvinic: *ajgəms^[2]
- >? Erzya: айгемс (ajgems)
- >? Moksha: айгомс (ajgoms)
Proto-Samic: *vuojētēk (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *ajadak (see there for further descendants)

References

Joki, Aulis J. (1973) Uralier und Indogermanen [Uralians and Indo-Europeans] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 151) (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN
Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

^ Ante Aikio (2020) Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft version of entries A–Ć; 1/17/2020)‎^[1], page 8
^ Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.