Hungarian Historical Phonology elegyedik

elegyëdik 'sich mischen, sich vereinigen'

elëgyëdik 'sich mischen, sich vereinigen'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

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Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

Disputed

UEW: PUg *ϑelɜ- (ϑälɜ-) ‘mix; (sich) mischen‘

Status of the Ugric etymology

Improbable

Loan etymology

None suggested so far

Cognates suggested in earlier research

Khanty: East (V) liləγtə-: krik kö̆tä liləγtəsi 'er beschmutzte alles', (Vj) iləγtə-: winä jĕŋk ĕt́əγ jĕŋnä iləγtəntä 'Wasser in der Branntwein mischen', North (O) lilət- '(ver)mischen, mit etw. beschmutzen', (Kaz) ʌĭʌ- 'sich vermischen'

Mansi: South (TJ) tilt- 'mischen', East (KU) tēlīt- 'mischen', (KU) tēlīl- 'sich mischen', West (P) tēlt- 'mischen', North (So) tēliγt- 'mischen', (N) tēl- 'sich vermischen'

Commentary

The suggested relationship between Hungarian elegyëdik and the suggested Ob-Ugric forms seems rather complicated. The derivational history of elegyëdik is unclear, and UEW suggests a complicated chain of developments to explain it, assuming that Hungarian elegy developed from *ele-l- that changed to egye-l- and then through metathezis to elegy-. This idea is based on a completely irregular change of *l to *gy and the idea has to be rejected. Abondolo (1996: 99) notes that the Hungarian cognate can be accepted if we accept UEW's chain of developments, but the situation is even more complicated, as even the phonological relations are not regular. Hu e points to earlier *ä, but this would not fit the Ob-Ugric forms regularly. Abondolo assumes that the Ob-Ugric comparanda can reflect *ä, but it is difficult to agree with him, as *e would be more probable. Also DEWOS (725) lists the Hungarian etymology with a question mark. The Ob-Ugric forms probably belong together.

MSzFE mentions another possible etymology for Hungarian elegyëdik, assuming a possible relationship with ëgy 'one', but also this explanation would involve various complicated phonological developments, and it is not clear how exactly could elegyëdik be derived from ëgy, and also the difference in vowels makes this etymology implausible.

Conclusion

The Ugric etymology is unlikely because of problems with historical phonology and word-formation. More research on the etymology of Hu elegyëdik is needed.

References

Abondolo 1996: 99: PUg?

DEWOS: 725: PUg?

EWUng

MSzFE: 146-147, s.v. elegyëdik, elëgyëdik: ? PUg

UEW s.v. ϑelɜ- (ϑälɜ-): Proto-Ugric Uralonet