Hungarian Historical Phonology nyereg

nyerëg 'saddle'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

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Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

(Disputed:)

UEW: PUg *närkɜ 'saddle; Sattel'

Status of the Ugric etymology

Improbable (phonologically irregular)

Loan etymology

PUg ← Turkic *ńeger

Cognates suggested in earlier research

Khanty: E VK, Vakr nöγər 'Sattel’ < PKh *nɔ̈̄γər

Mansi: TJ näwrǟ, KU, P naγər, N naɔi̊r < PMs *nǟγrǟ

Commentary

The relations between the alleged cognates are completely irregular. The Turkic loan etymology has been widely criticized (WOT: 1210–1213). The Hungarian, Khanty and Mansi words for 'saddle' are loans from unknown source according to Zhivlov (2016: 300).

Conclusion

The Ugric etymology is irregular. Possible substrate loans.

References

Abondolo 1996: 88: PUg ← Turkic

EWUng

Ligeti 1986

UEW: Proto-Ugric Uralonet

WOT: 1210–1213: PUg not ← Turkic

Zhivlov 2016: 300: ← unknown source