Hungarian Historical Phonology holnap

holnap 'tomorrow'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

see UEW

Important dialectal forms

[coming]

Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

Abondolo 1996: 50: PUg *kuδV

UEW: PU *kuδɜ ‘morning; Morgen‘

Status of the Ugric etymology

[coming]

Loan etymology

None suggested so far

Cognates suggested in earlier research

UEW:

Khanty: East (V) kŏltəγ, South (DN) χăteŋχăt, North (Kaz) χŏtnə, (O) χălewət 'morgen'

Mansi: South (TJ) kol, East (KU) χol, West (P) kol, k˳ol, North (So) χol

Proto-Ob-Ugric:  ?

Tundra Nenets: χūʔ ху 'am Morgen'

Enets: kururuo, kiduduo 'Morgen'

Nganasan: kidụatu 'Morgen'

Selkup (Taz): kar 'Morgen'

Kamass: koroďon 'Morgen, morgiger Tag', karəlďen 'morgen'

Mator: кȳманъ 'завтра'

Commentary

The Hungarian word holnap is an old compound: the etymology of hol- will be discussed here (nap is discussed in another entry). The stem hol is also attested in Old Hungarian words like holta, holda 'morgen früh' (see UEW). Hungarian hol and the Ob-Ugric cognates listed by the UEW can be derived from *kuδV regularly. However, Abondolo (1996) notes that the alleged Samoyed cognates listed by the UEW are irregular and do not belong here. The Proto-Uralic etymology is not mentioned by Sammallahti (1988) or Janhunen (1981). We are thus dealing with an item limited to the Ugric languages.

Conclusion

Abondolo's analysis is convincing: a Proto-Ugric stem can be reconstructed but the Samoyed cognates should be rejected.

References

Abondolo 1996: 50: PUg

EWUng

Honti 1982

UEW: Proto-Uralic Uralonet