Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/årë

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

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Noun

*årë

1. size, height

Derived terms

• *årkå (“big”)

Descendants

• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: ар
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: ӈар (ŋar°)

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.