Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/koska

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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

Attested only in Samic and Samoyedic. In principle, the recontruction *koška would also be possible, as neither language group distinguishes *s from .

Noun

*koska

  1. aunt (older than the speaker)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *kåtå
    • Nganasan: коту (kotu)
    • Enets:
      • Forest Enets: (kada'a)
      • Tundra Enets: (kara'a)
    • Nenets:
      • Forest Nenets: (kāt̆tɐə)
      • Tundra Nenets: хада (xada)
    • Selkup:
      • Southern Selkup:
        • Ket: (qotya)
  • Proto-Samic: *koaskē (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