Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kala

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

Etymology

Sometimes compared with Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos.

Noun

*kala

1. fish

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kålä (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: hal
  • Khanty:
    • Northern: хул (xul)
    • Eastern (Surgut): ӄуԓ (ḳuḷ)
    • Southern: хуть (xut’)
  • Mansi:
    • Northern, Eastern: хул (hul)
    • Western: [script needed] (kul)
    • Southern: [script needed] (kōl)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: кол (kol)
• Proto-Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: кал (kal)
  • Moksha: кал (kal)
• Proto-Samic: *kuolē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *kala (see there for further descendants)

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.
• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988), “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Entry #228 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.