Hungarian Historical Phonology fekete

fekete 'black'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

Feketeu

see UEW

Important dialectal forms

feteke

Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

(Disputed:)

UEW: PU *pȣ̈kkɜ-ttɜ ‘black; Schwartz‘

Status of the Ugric etymology

Irregular

Loan etymology

None suggested so far

Cognates suggested in earlier research

Khanty: East (V) pĕγtə, South (DN) pĕγtə, North (O) puti 'black' < PKh ?

Commentary

The etymology is completely irregular, and not even a Proto-Khanty word can be reconstructed. Hungarian e points to earlier *ä.

The Hungarian and Khanty words are problably somehow connected, but they cannot be derived from a Proto-Ugric source.

Conclusion

No Proto-Ugric word can be reconstructed.

References

EWUng

UEW s.v. pȣ̈kkɜ-ttɜ: PUg Uralonet