Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/kü̆č

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This Proto-Mari entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *künče. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *künci and Proto-Samic *këncë.

Noun

*kü̆č

  1. nail

Descendants

  • Eastern Mari: кӱч (küč)
  • Western Mari: кӹч (kÿč)

References

  • Gábor Bereczki (2013) “küč́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Tscheremissischen (Mari) [Etymological dictionary of the Cheremiss language (Mari)], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN
  • Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.