Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/cåŋå-

Proto-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *čaŋa- (“to strike, beat, rub”).

Verb

*cåŋå-

1. (transitive) to rub
2. (transitive) to wear out

Descendants

• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: тангабась (tangabaś)

Related terms

• *cåŋo-

References

• Ante Aikio (2002) “New and Old Samoyed Etymologies”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, page 11