Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/sëne

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.

Possibly akin to Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew”).

*sëne

1. vein, blood vessel
2. sinew

• Proto-Samoyedic: *cën
  • Nganasan: таӈ (taŋ)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: ты(н)
    • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (ti)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: тэ̇ʼ (tėh)
  • Proto-Selkup: *čën (see there for further descendants)
  • Kamassian: тен (ten)
  • Mator: тень
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: ín
  • Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: лан (lan)
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: та̄н (tān)
• Proto-Permic: *sȯn (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *sün (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *san (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *suonë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *sooni (see there for further descendants)

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

• Entry #894 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.