Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kulke-

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 borrowed from^[1] or akin to^[2] Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to turn”), which may have also meant “to wander, travel”.

Verb

*kulke-

to go, to walk

Derived terms

*kulta-

Synonyms

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic:
- Mator: каимъ
- Tundra Nenets: хуˮлась (xuqlasʹ°)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: halad, halaszt
- Khanty:
  - Eastern Khanty: когәлта (kogəlta)
  - Northern Khanty: (xɔxəɬ-)
Proto-Permic: *ku̇lni (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *koľgəms
- Erzya: кольгемс (koľgems)
- Moksha: кольгомс (koľgoms)
Proto-Samic: *kolkētēk
- Kildin Sami: ко̄ллкэ (kōllke)
Proto-Finnic: *kulkëdak (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

^ Koivulehto, Jorma. 2001. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in the light of lexical loans". — Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242: 235–263.
^ Hyllested, Adam (2008) “Internal Reconstruction vs. External Comparison: The Case of the Indo-Uralic Laryngeals”, in Jens Elmegård Rasmussen & Thomas Olander, editors, Internal Reconstruction in Indo-European: Methods, Results, and Problems : Section Papers from the XVI International Conference on Historical Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, 11th–15th August, 2003‎, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 125 of 111–136: “PIU *kulχe ‘to turn, move around’”

External links

Entry #387 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

[1] Koivulehto, Jorma. 2001. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in the light of lexical loans". — Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242: 235–263.

[2] Hyllested, Adam (2008) “Internal Reconstruction vs. External Comparison: The Case of the Indo-Uralic Laryngeals”, in Jens Elmegård Rasmussen & Thomas Olander, editors, Internal Reconstruction in Indo-European: Methods, Results, and Problems : Section Papers from the XVI International Conference on Historical Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, 11th–15th August, 2003‎, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 125 of 111–136: “PIU *kulχe ‘to turn, move around’”

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