Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/koəjə
Proto-Samoyedic edit
Etymology edit
Possibly related to Hungarian hegy (“mountain”).
Noun edit
*koəjə
Descendants edit
- Nganasan: куәде (kuəďə)
- Enets:
- Tundra Enets: [script needed] (kuoo)
- Nenets:
- Selkup:
- →? Proto-Turkic: *k(i)aya
References edit
- Helimski, E. 1995. "Samoyedic loans in Turkic: Check-list of etymologies." — B. Kellner-Heinkele, M. Stachowski (eds.): Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen, pp. 75–95. Turkologica 26. Wiesbaden.