Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/küńele

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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

Possibly related to *kuńa- (“to close eyes”), though the derivational relationship is obscure.

Noun

*küńele

  1. tear (of the eye)

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *kəńələ
  • Ugric:
  • Permic:
  • Proto-Samic: *këńël (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *küünel (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
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