Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kətå
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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
Reconstruction
The reconstruction *kəčå is also possible, in the absense of Central and Southern Selkup descendants.
Etymology
Unclear. Earlier often taken as a reflex of Proto-Uralic *künče (“nail”), but the sound correspondences are mostly irregular (the words only share *k- and possibly *-č-).
Noun
*kətå
Descendants
- Nganasan: кəту (kətu)
- Enets:
- Forest Enets: коза (koða)
- Tundra Enets: (koda)
- Nenets:
- Proto-Selkup: *k͔atə
- Kamassian: када (kada)
- Mator: кадамъ
References
- Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.