Reconstruction:Proto-Selkup/čën

This Proto-Selkup 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-Selkup

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *cën, from Proto-Uralic *sëne.

Noun

*čën

1. sinew

Descendants

• Northern Selkup: [script needed] (čën)
• Southern Selkup:
  • Narym: ҷын
  • Upper Ob: тэн

References

• T. Janurik (2023) “A protoszölkup nyelvállapot és fejleményei. Elektronikus kézirat.”, in Szamojéd Tudástár‎^[1] (in Hungarian), page 18