Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/jëxe-

Etymology
An Indo-European or pre-Indo-Iranian loan etymology has been proposed, from a reduplicated present *ǵʰu-ǵʰew- based on ; but if the Samic form with *u is secondary, this cannot be upheld. Has also sometimes been compared with Turkic and Mongolic  words, but there have been no convincing proposals for how these words would be related to each other.

Reconstruction
Often reconstructed as, mainly on the basis of Samic and Finnic. Aikio (2002) argues that most other languages indicate original *ë instead, with irregular development in Samic and Finnic. Zhivlov (2014) proposes that the developments *-ëx- > pre-Finnic *-ox-, pre-Samic *-ux- would actually be regular.

A secondary meaning "to flow" appears to be indicated in a number of fossilized derivatives in Finnic, e.g.,.

Verb

 * 1) to drink
 * 2) to flow?

Descendants

 * Ugric:
 * Mansi:
 * Khanty:
 * Samic: *juxe- >
 * Finnic: *joxe- >
 * Khanty:
 * Samic: *juxe- >
 * Finnic: *joxe- >
 * Samic: *juxe- >
 * Finnic: *joxe- >
 * Samic: *juxe- >
 * Finnic: *joxe- >
 * Finnic: *joxe- >