Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/käte

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This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Etymology

One of the words reflected only within the traditionally assumed Finno-Ugric subgroup. Samoyedic *utå however appears to be an innovation: in inherited vocabulary *u shifts to *ə before following original *-a, compare e.g. *kupsa-, *muďa, *muna, *puna-.

Noun

*käte

  1. hand

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: kéz
    • Khanty:
      • Eastern Khanty: кӧт (köt) (Surgut, Vakh), кёт (kjot) (Vasyugan)
      • Southern Khanty: кет (kjet)
    • Proto-Mansi: *kǟt (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Permic: *ki (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *kit (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *käď (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *kietë (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *käci (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554
  • Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.