Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kečɜ

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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

Reconstruction

Most descendants suggest *e, but Khanty points to original *i or *ä. Sammallahti (1988) reconstructs *käci (= *käče in Wiktionary's transcription).

Noun

*kečɜ

  1. knife

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: kés
    • Proto-Mansi: *kä̆škǟj
    • Proto-Khanty:
  • Proto-Mari: *kü̆ćə (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