Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kurke

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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

Likely onomatopoetic, though words of similar shape are found in numerous other languages of Eurasia: compare e.g. Akkadian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (kurku), Sumerian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (kurki), Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-.

Reconstruction

The reflexes show irregular phonetic variation: Finnic and Samoyedic suggest *kurke, while Samic and Mordvinic suggest *karke or *kërke. Some reshaping due to onomatopoetic reasons is likely to have been involved.

Noun

*kurke

  1. crane
    Synonym: *tërka

Descendants

From *kurkə:

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *kərö, ? *kurə
    • Enets:
      • Tundra Enets: (kori)
    • Nenets:
    • Selkup:
      • Northern Selkup: (qărá)
    • Kamassian: (kuro)
    • Mator: (koru), (körüh)
  • Proto-Finnic: *kurki (see there for further descendants)

From *karke or *kërke:

References

  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
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