Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kåw

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

Possibly related to Proto-Finnic *korva (“ear”), which in that case would come from earlier *kow- +‎ *-ra.

Noun

*kåw

1. ear

Descendants

• Nganasan: коу (kou)
• Enets:
  • Tundra Enets: коо (koo)
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: ха (xa)
  • Forest Nenets: ка (ka)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: ӄо̄ (qō)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym Selkup: ӄо̄ (qō)
    • Chulym Selkup: куо (kuo)
• Kamassian: кху (kʰu)
• Koibal: ку (ku)

References

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