Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/jəkə-
Proto-Samoyedic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Uralic *jëka- (“to share, to divide”).
Verb
edit*jəkə-
- (transitive) to cut
Descendants
edit- Nenets:
- Tundra Nenets: яхась (yaxasʹ°, “to skin”)
- ⇒ Kamassian: чагарзьәт (ćagarźət, “to cut”)
- Mator: тчяга- (čagә-, “to cut out, to tailor”)
References
edit- Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.