Hungarian Historical Phonology ígér

ígér 'versprechen, verheißen'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

? 1138 Egíríh (see EWUng)

Important dialectal forms

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Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

UEW: *eŋkɜ-rɜ- ‘say magic words, swear; Zauberworte hersagen, schwören‘

Status of the Ugric etymology

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Loan etymology

Ug ← Turkic [coming]

Cognates suggested in earlier research

UEW:

Khanty: East (J) iŋkər- 'fluchen, wettern', South (DN) eŋkər- 'fluchen, verfluchen', North (O) eŋkər- 'fluchen, mit Schimpfnamen od. -wörtern überhäufen' < ? Proto-Khanty *ēŋkǝr-

Commentary

The Ugric etymology is not listed in MSzFE.

UEW assumes that the Proto-Ugric word is a derivative; no trace of the underived stem is found in Hungarian or Khanty and the function of the suffix *-rV remains unclear. The idea that Hungarian ígér would be derived from ige 'word' is refuted by UEW and EWUng.

The background of the Hungarian long vowel í remains unclear: this would be an irregular reflex of Proto-Ugric *e that is reconstructed by the UEW. The Proto-Ugric etymology cannot be considered certain.

Conclusion

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References

EWUng: 602, s.v. ígér: probably PUg

UEW: PUg Uralonet