Comparison of Some Finno-Ugric Words
Wiktionary: Swadesh lists for Finno-Ugric languages
| Hungarian | Finnish | Estonian | Mordvinic (Erzya dialect) | Komi-Permyak | English meaning |
# by the Swadesh-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| én | minä | mina | мон mon | ме me | I, myself, me | 1 |
| te | sinä, te (informal) | sina, teie (formal) | тон ton | тэ te | you/thou | 2 |
| mi | me | meie, me | минь miń | ми mi | we | 4 |
| ti | te | teie, te | тынь tyń | ти ti | you (plural) | 5 |
| ez/itt | tämä/täällä | see | те te | тайö tajö | this/here | 7 |
| az/ott | tuo/tuolla | too | што što | сійö sijö | that/there | 8 |
| ki? | kuka? | kes? | кие? kije? | коді? kodi? | who? | 11 |
| mi? | mitä? mikä? | mis? | мезе? meze? | мый? myj? | what? | 12 |
| egy | yksi | üks | вейке vejke | öтік ötik | one | 22 |
| kettő | kaksi | kaks | кавто kavto | кык kyk | two | 23 |
| három | kolme | kolm | колмо kolmo | куим kuim | three | 24 |
| négy | neljä | neli | ниле nile | нёль ńol | four | 25 |
| öt | viisi | viis | вете vete | вит vit | five | 26 |
| nej | nainen 'woman' | naine | ни ni | гöтыр götyr | wife | 40 |
| anya | äiti | ema | (тиринь) ава (tiriń) ava | мам mam | mother | 42 |
| fa | puu | puu | чувто čuvto | пу pu | tree, wood | 51 |
| vér | veri | veri | верь veŕ | вир vir | blood | 64 |
| haj | hius, hiukset | juuksed | черь čeŕ | юрси jursi | hair | 71 |
| fej | pää | pea | пря pŕa | юр jur | head | 72 |
| fül | korva | kõrv | пиле pile | пель peĺ | ear | 73 |
| szem | silmä | silm | сельме seĺme | син sin | eye | 74 |
| orr | nenä | nina | судо sudo | ныр nyr | nose | 75 |
| száj | suu | suu | курго kurgo | вом vom | mouth | 76 |
| fog | hammas | hammas | пей pej | пинь piń | tooth | 77 |
| láb | jalka | jalg | пильге piĺge | кок kok | foot | 80 |
| kéz | käsi | käsi | кедь ked́ | ки ki | hand | 83 |
| szív/szűny | sydän | süda | седей sedej | сьöлöм śölöm | heart | 90 |
| inni | juoda | jooma | симемс simems | юны juny | to drink | 92 |
| tudni | tietää | teadma | содамс sodams | тöдны tödny | to know | 103 |
| élni | elää | elama | эрямс eŕams | овны ovny | to live | 108 |
| víz | vesi | vesi | ведь ved́ | ва va | water | 150 |
| kő | kivi | kivi | кев kev | из iz | stone | 156 |
| ég/menny | taivas | taevas | менель meneĺ | енэж jenezh | sky/heaven | 162 |
| szél | tuuli | tuul | варма varma | тöв töv | wind | 163 |
| tűz | tuli | tuli | тол tol | би bi | fire | 167 |
| éj | yö | öö | ве ve | вой voj | night | 177 |
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