Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kuńśe

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.

The noun's meaning of "ant" is likely derived from the meaning "urine". Compare the semantics of English pissmire (“ant”) and the ant-related history of Sanskrit मधुमेह (madhumeh) (madhumēha "mead-urine"). Possibly related to Southern Yukaghir оожии (ōžī).

*kuńśe

1. ant
2. urine

*kuńśe-

1. to urinate

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kunsə
  • Nganasan: кунсә (kunsə)
  • Proto-Selkup: *küšə (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Mansi:
    • ⇒ Northern Mansi: хунсьуӈкве (hunsʹuňkve, “to urinate”), хусьвит (husʹvit, “urine”)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: қо̆с (ḳŏs, “urine”), ⇒ қо̆ста (ḳŏsta, “to urinate”)
    • Northern Khanty: хөс (høs, “urine”), ⇒ хөс- (høs-, “to urinate”)
  • Hungarian: hangya (“ant”), húgy (“urine”), hugyozik (“to urinate”)
• Proto-Permic: *kuʒ́ (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: кужаш (kužaš, “to urinate”), кужвӱт (kužvüt, “urine”)
  • Western Mari: кыжаш (kyžaš, “to urinate”), кыжвӹт (kyžvÿt, “urine”)
• Proto-Samic: *końčë (“urine”), *końčëtēk (“to urinate”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *kusi (“urine”), *kustak (“to urinate”) (see there for further descendants)

*kuńśe

2. star

• *täštä (Finno-Volgaic)

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: húgy
  • Proto-Mansi: *kuunćV
  • Proto-Khanty: *kåås
    • Northern Khanty: хөс (høs)
    • Eastern Khanty: ӄөс (ḳøs)
• Proto-Permic: *kȯʒ́il (see there for further descendants)

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (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
• "The Uralic-Yukaghiric connection revisited: Sound Correspondences of Geminate Clusters", Peter S. Piispanen, 2013

• (ant) Entry #407 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• (urine) Entry #408 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• (star) Entry #409 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.