Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/wet

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *wete.

Noun

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*wet

  1. water

Descendants

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  • Nganasan: быˮ (byʔ)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: би (bi), биз (bið)
    • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (biʔ)
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: иˮ (yiq)
  • Proto-Selkup: *üt
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym Selkup: ӱт (üt)
  • Kamassian: бӱ ()
  • Mator: бу (bu)

References

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  • Juha Janhunen (1998) “Samoyedic”, in Daniel Mario Abondolo, editor, The Uralic Languages, London: Routledge, page 464