Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kontē
Proto-Samic edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Uralic *kunta (“hunting party”) (whence also Proto-Finnic *kunta) with the semantic shift "hunting party" > "the catch of the hunters" and related to *kontētēk (“to kill”).
Noun edit
*kontē
Descendants edit
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
References edit
- Ante Aikio: New and Old Samoyed Etymologies Pt.2, Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 59 (2006).