Introduction

The present study is based on 731 Hungarian lemmata. This equals approximately the number of etymologies presented in MSzFE (ca. 650). Only such Hungarians words are handled that have a Finno-Ugric or Uralic etymology and are therefore listed in MSzFE. This means that every Hungarian word, which has been listed in this study, must at least have one relative in one other Finno-Ugric language. The etymologies have been given in the simplified diacritic writing of EWU.

In this study I will prove that the so-called Sumerian Hypotheses of Hungarian is true. This does neither mean that Hungarian is the same as Sumerian (an obvious nonsense that had been asserted by some non-linguists), nor does it mean that Hungarian alone has Sumerian as its ancestor language. What I will prove with the present study is that at least 731 Hungarian lemmata which are shared by at least 1 more lemma in at least one other member of the Finno-Ugric language family can be traced back to Sumerian. I will show this by comparing the reconstructed Proto-Finno-Ugrian and/or Proto-Uralic forms to actual Sumerian words. By using this method I presume first that the proto-forms reconstructed in the "Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Ungarischen" (1992 ss.) are correct and second that the transliteration of the Sumerian words used is correct, too, but nothing more. By comparing the reconstructed proto-forms to the actual Sumerian words I will formulate the sound-changings that may have happened in the form of sound-laws. Since a sound-law must have at least two instances where it applies, all those cases in which the same soundlaws apply are marked by links.

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