Hungarian Historical Phonology jonh

jonh (obsolete) 'Herz, Seele'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

iunhum 'Herz, Sinn, Leber, Lende'

yonhanban 'Herz, Sinn, Leber, Lende'

eehodath 'Herz, Sinn, Leber, Lende'

eehaban 'Herz, Sinn, Leber, Lende'

Important dialectal forms

joh 'das Innere, Bauch, Magen'

juh 'das Innere, Bauch, Magen'

?? éh 'das Innere, Bauch, Magen'

?? íh 'das Innere, Bauch, Magen'

Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

Disputed:

UEW: *ju ‘interior/inside of something; das Innere von etwas‘

Status of the Ugric etymology

Improbable

Loan etymology

None suggested so far

Cognates suggested in earlier research

UEW:

Khanty: East (V) joγ 'nach Hause', South (DN) jŏχ 'nach Hause, zurück', North (O) jŏχi 'nach Hause, ins Haus'

Mansi: South (TJ) jüw 'hinein, nach Hause', jün 'zu Hause', East (KU) juw 'hinein, nach Hause', jon 'zu Hause', West (P) jüw 'hinein, nach Hause', jün 'zu Hause', North (So) juw 'hinein, nach Hause, zurück', jun 'zu Hause'

Commentary

The etymology is very problematic, as the various Hungarian forms listed in the UEW cannot be related to each other through regular derivational means. EWUNg notes that éh is probably not related to jonh, joh etc., and also íh ~ ih is problematic (éh is derived from the verb e- to eat by EWUng). The explanation found in UEW and EWUng that the variant jonh is originally a compound, the latter part of which involves a reflex of *kunV 'stomach', seems probable, but it is unclear what is exactly the first member of this compound and should its background be reconstructed. Even the Ob-Ugric forms are not regularly related to each other, and Honti (1982) does not give a Proto-Ob-Ugric reconstruction.

Conclusion

Various phonological problems make it impossible to reconstructs a Proto-Ugric word. More research on the etymology of the alleged cognates is needed.

References

EWUng: 303, s.v. éh: éh 'Hunger' related to e- 'eat', not to jonh; s.v. 647-648 s.v. jonh: jo- PUg

Honti 1982

UEW s.v. ju: PUg Uralonet