Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/mene-

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.

May be akin to Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Welsh myned).

*mene-

1. to go

• Proto-Samoyedic: *min- (“to go”), *mintä- (“to carry”) (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: megy
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: минуӈкве (minuňkve) (Sosva), минуӈкв (minuňkv) (Upper Lozva), минынке (minynke) (Ob)
    • Eastern Mansi: мыных (mynyh), мяных (mânyh)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: мәнта (mənta)
    • Northern Khanty: мăнты (mănty)
• Proto-Permic: *münni (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: мияш (mijaš)
  • Western Mari: миӓш (miäš)
• Proto-Samic: *mënëtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *mendäk (see there for further descendants)

• Entry #536 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.