Hungarian Historical Phonology laza

laza 'loose; locker, aufgelockert, lose'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

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Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

Disputed

UEW: *lȣćɜ ‘wide, broad, loose; weit, locker, lose‘

Status of the Ugric etymology

Implausible

Loan etymology

None suggested

Cognates suggested in earlier research

UEW:

? Khanty: East (Trj) ḷȧt́ək 'weit, geräumig (Gefäß,Hof usw.), wohinein viel geht, weit (Stiefel, Anzug)', South (DN) lȧt́ək 'weit (z.B. Stiefel,), geräumig', North (Šerk) laśək 'weich'

? Mansi: South (TJ) laćət, East (KU) laśt, West (P) laśt, North (So) lośit 'weit, geräumig'

Commentary

The Ugric etymology is phonologically irregular, as Hungarian z does not correspond regularly to Khanty and Mansi *ć. The origin of Khanty retroflex ḷ is also unclear.

UEW notes that the Khanty vocalism is irregular and attributes this to influence from the word-internal palatal *ć. Further research is needed on this issue, but as a large part of the vocabulary shared by Khanty and Mansi shows irregular sound-correspondences, it is possible that these Ob-Ugric words are not real cognates.

Conclusion

The Ugric etymology should be rejected as phonologically irregular.

References

UEW s.v. lȣćɜ: ? PUg Uralonet