Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kije

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

Reconstruction

Traditionally reconstructed as *küje for Finnic, but an alternative etymology exists and *kije fits other descendants better in terms of vocalism.

Noun

*kije

1. snake
2. viper

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic:
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: щӱ (śü)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: шӱ
      • Upper Ob: сii
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: kígyó
• Proto-Permic: *kij (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Proto-Mari: *kĭškə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kuj
  • Erzya: гуй (guj)
  • Moksha: куй (kuj)
• Proto-Finnic: *küü (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #302 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.