Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/jəkə-
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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
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *jëka- (“to share, to divide”).
Verb
*jəkə-
- (transitive) to cut
Descendants
- Nenets:
- Tundra Nenets: яхась (yaxasʹ°, “to skin”)
- ⇒ Kamassian: чагарзьәт (ćagarźət, “to cut”)
- Mator: тчяга- (čagә-, “to cut out, to tailor”)
References
- Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.