Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ńërkå

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Alternative reconstructions

(Nganasan, possibly Enets) *ńïrkå
(Selkup, Kamassian) *ńərkå

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been compared with Proto-Uralic *ńüre (“twig; sprout”), but the vowel correspondence is irregular. The variation in the first vowel may suggest a non-native origin.

Noun

*ńërkå^[1]

willow

Descendants

Nganasan: нирку (njirku, “aspen”)^[2]
Enets:
- Forest Enets: ныга (niga, “branch; bush, shrub”), ныгара (nigara, “willow”)^[3]
Nenets:
- Tundra Nenets: нерка (nyerka)^[4]
Proto-Selkup: *ńarqə^[5]
- Northern Selkup: нярӄы (njarqy)^[6]
- Southern Selkup:^[7]
  - Tym: нярӷ (njarģ), нярг (njarg), няргэ (njarge)
  - Ket: нярӷ (njarģ)
Kamassian: нарга (narga)^[8]
Mator: ньэргэ (ńe̮rge̮), нэргэ (ne̮rge̮)^[9]

References

^ Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
^ N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 117
^ P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎, Saint-Petersburg, page 85
^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 66
^ T. Janurik (2023) “A protoszölkup nyelvállapot és fejleményei. Elektronikus kézirat.”, in Szamojéd Tudástár‎ (in Hungarian), page 28
^ O. A. Kazakevich, Ye. M. Budyanskaya (2010) Диалектологический словарь селькупского языка (северное наречие) [Dialectological dictionary of the Selkup language (Northern continuum)], Yekaterinburg: Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the RAS; Баско, →ISBN, page 88 of 368
^ V.V. Bykonya, N.G. Kuznetsova, N.P. Maksimova (2005) Селькупско-русский диалектный словарь [Selkup-Russian dialectal dictionary], Tomsk: Томский государственный педагогический университет, →ISBN, page 161, 162 of 348
^ Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 44
^ E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎ (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 319

[1] Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.

[2] N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 117

[3] P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎, Saint-Petersburg, page 85

[4] N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 66

[5] T. Janurik (2023) “A protoszölkup nyelvállapot és fejleményei. Elektronikus kézirat.”, in Szamojéd Tudástár‎ (in Hungarian), page 28

[6] O. A. Kazakevich, Ye. M. Budyanskaya (2010) Диалектологический словарь селькупского языка (северное наречие) [Dialectological dictionary of the Selkup language (Northern continuum)], Yekaterinburg: Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the RAS; Баско, →ISBN, page 88 of 368

[7] V.V. Bykonya, N.G. Kuznetsova, N.P. Maksimova (2005) Селькупско-русский диалектный словарь [Selkup-Russian dialectal dictionary], Tomsk: Томский государственный педагогический университет, →ISBN, page 161, 162 of 348

[8] Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 44

[9] E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎ (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 319

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