Hungarian Historical Phonology mer

mer 'wagen, sich trauen, sich erkühnen'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

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Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

Pre-Hungarian *märV-

(Disputed:)

UEW: PUg *märɜ- 'glauben, sich trauen; believe, have faith in, dare;'

Status of the Ugric etymology

Improbable (phonologically irregular)

Loan etymology

None suggested

Cognates suggested in earlier research

Mansi: South (T) mår-, East (K) mår- 'glauben, vertrauen', West (P) mår-'glauben, vertrauen' < ? PMs

Commentary

Hu e points to *ä, but Mansi back-vocalism is incompatible with this.

Conclusion

The Ugric etymology should be rejected.

References

UEW s.v. märɜ: Proto-Ugric Uralonet