Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/künče

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic edit

Etymology edit

Possibly related to Proto-Yukaghir *önčʼ- (“nail, claw”).^[1]

Noun edit

*künče

nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants edit

Proto-Samoyedic: *kətå (see there for further descendants)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: köröm
- Khanty:
  - Eastern Khanty: кӫңч (kø̈ṇč)
  - Northern Khanty: кус (kus), кўш (kŭš)
- Mansi:
  - Northern Mansi: кос (kos)
Proto-Permic: *gu̇ž (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari: *kü̆č (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *kenžə (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *këncë (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *künci (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 330

Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

External links edit

Entry #309 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

[Nikolaevna-1] Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 330

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