Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/koska

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 *š.

Noun

*koska

1. aunt (older than the speaker)

Synonyms

• *apa

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kåtå
  • Nganasan: коту (kotu)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: [script needed] (kada'a)
    • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (kara'a)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: [script needed] (kāt̆tɐə)
    • Tundra Nenets: хада (xada)
  • Selkup:
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Ket: [script needed] (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

External links

• Entry #368 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.