Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/cåŋo-

Proto-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *čaŋaw-.

Verb

*cåŋo-

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

Descendants

• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: тангобась (tangobaś)
• Kamassian: тхаӈозат (tʰaŋozat)

Related terms

• *cåŋå-

References

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