Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/mentä-

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

(Older reconstruction) *mintä-

Etymology

From *men- (“to go”), from Proto-Uralic *mene-.

Verb

*mentä-

to carry

Descendants

Nganasan: мындысы (mɨndɨsɨ)
Enets:
- Forest Enets: мидеҫь (midješ')
Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: минеш (myinyeš)
- Tundra Nenets: минесь (myinyesʹ°)
Kamassian: мәнәзьәт (mənəźət, “to drive, compel”)
- Koibal: менин- (menin-, “to drive, compel”)

References

^ Entry #536 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ 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 101
^ P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий ‎, Saint-Petersburg, page 68
^ M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 69
^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 56
^ Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 39
^ T. Janurik (2021) Kojbál szótár: a publikált szójegyzékek egyesített szótára.‎ (in Hungarian), Székesfehérvár, pages 27, 83

[1] Entry #536 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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

[3] N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 101

[4] P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий ‎, Saint-Petersburg, page 68

[5] M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 69

[6] N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 56

[7] Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 39

[8] T. Janurik (2021) Kojbál szótár: a publikált szójegyzékek egyesített szótára.‎ (in Hungarian), Székesfehérvár, pages 27, 83