Hungarian Historical Phonology gyökér

gyökér 'root; Wurzel; Ursprung, Quelle'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

gyüker

gyükér

(see UEW)

Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

(Disputed:)

UEW: PUg *jȣ̈kkɜ-rɜ 'root; Wurzel'

Status of the Ugric etymology

Improbable (phonologically irregular)

Loan etymology

None suggested

Possible substrate loans (new suggestion)

Cognates suggested in earlier research

Mansi: South (TJ) jükǟr, East (KU) jēk˳ər, West (P) jēkər, North (So) jēk˳ar 'die Wurzeln eines umgefallenen Baumes'

Commentary

WOT doubts the etymology and notes it is irregular, but the etymology is defended by Honti (2017). South Mansi vocalism is apparently irregular. The scarcity of Hu gy < *j in inherited words casts doubt. However, the Ugric words are probably somehow related, perhaps as parallel loanwords.

Conclusion

No PUg word can be reconstructed.

References

EWUng

Honti 2017: 98-99: Proto-Ugric

Róna-Tas 2017: 63: Proto-Ugric

UEW s.v. jȣ̈kkɜ-rɜ: Proto-Ugric Uralonet

WOT 1318: Proto-Ugric