Hungarian Historical Phonology csira

csira 'Keim'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

cira

Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

(Disputed:)

UEW: PUg *ćȣ̈rɜ (ćȣ̈rkɜ) 'sprout, blastus, embryo; Keim'

Status of the Ugric etymology

Uncertain

Loan etymology

None suggested

Possible substrate loans (new suggestion)

Cognates suggested in earlier research

Mansi: South (TJ) ćürkī·t- 'keimen, sprossen', East (KU) śərk 'Keim', West (P) śürk, śirk, (LO) śirka 'Keim'

Commentary

MSzFE and UEW consider the Ugric etymology uncertain, and in their presentation the reconstruction of Proto-Ugric vowel remains completely unclear. It is noted in both sources that the etymology can be correct only if the forms with cs (as opposed to the dialect forms with c) in Hungarian are original. However, also the correspondence Hungarian cs ~ Mansi *ć is not found in many convincing inherited words, which casts further doubt on the etymology.

A word referring to 'sprout' might well be a loanword: the Hungarian and Mansi words might be parallel loans form some subtrate source.

Conclusion

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References

EWUng

MSzFE s.v. csira: ? PUg

UEW s.v. ćȣ̈rɜ (ćȣ̈rkɜ): ? PUg Uralonet