Hungarian words from Proto-Ugric
8 Hungarian words with Proto-Ugric in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
át
It is of disputed origin. In the view of TESz and the MSzFE it is inherited from Old Hungarian ált (“across, through”), an adverb that goes back to the Ugric period, inherited from Proto-Ugric *ȣltɜ…
él
1. The verb “to live” is inherited from Proto-Uralic *elä- (“to live”), one of the words Hungarian inherited from the Uralic period. Its cognates are Mansi ilt- (“to recover”), Khanty jilpət- (“to…
fog
1. The verb “to hold, to catch” is inherited from Proto-Ugric *puŋɜ- (“to catch, to seize”), one of the words Hungarian inherited from the Ugric period. Its only cognate is in Mansi: Mansi pow- (“to…
jó
It is inherited from Proto-Ugric *jomɜ (“good”), one of the words Hungarian inherited from the Ugric period. Its nearest relatives are in the Ob-Ugric languages: Mansi jomas and Khanty jĕm, both…
jön
It is inherited from Proto-Ugric *jȣ̈ŋɜ- (“to come”) (also reconstructed as *jȣ̈γɜ- or *jȣ̈kɜ-), one of the words Hungarian inherited from the Ugric period, perhaps already from the Finno-Ugric one…
lány
It is a variant of leány, which is probably a compound formed in the early Hungarian period. Its first part is inherited from Proto-Ugric *lᴕjɜ (“small, young; or weak, feeble”), inherited from the…
szó
It is inherited from Proto-Ugric *sawɜ (“word, speech”), one of the words Hungarian inherited from the Ugric period. Its cognates are in the Ob-Ugric languages: Mansi såw (“word; sound, voice”), sow…
vár
1. The verb “to wait” is inherited from Proto-Ugric *warɜ- (“to guard, wait”), one of the words Hungarian inherited from the Ugric period. Its only certain cognates are in Mansi: Mansi ōr- (“to…