Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/mintä-

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

From Proto-Uralic *mene-.

Verb

*mintä-

1. to carry

Descendants

• Nganasan: мындысы (myndysy)
• Enets:
  • >? Forest Enets: ми́деҫь
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: минеш (myinyeš), менԓеш (myenłyeš)
  • Tundra Nenets: минесь (myinyesʹ°)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: мэнтыӄо (mentyqo, “to outrun, to outdistance”)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym Selkup: мӓндэгý (m’andegý), мендэгу́ (mjendegú), мяндэгу́ (mjandegú, “to pass, to elapse (of time)”)
• Kamassian: [Term?]
• Mator: [Term?]

Related terms

• *min- (“to go”)

References

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