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

Etymology

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

Noun

*künče

nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *kətå (see there for further descendants)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: köröm
- Khanty:
  - Northern: кус (kus), кўш (kŭš)
  - Eastern: кӫңч (kőn̦č)
- Mansi:
  - Northern: кос (kos)
Proto-Permic: *gu̇žɜ
- Komi:
  - Komi-Permyak: гыж (gyž)
  - Komi-Zyrian: гыж (gyž)
- Udmurt: гижы (gižy)
Proto-Mari: *kü̆č (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic:
- Erzya: кенже (kenže)
- Moksha: кенже (kenže)
Proto-Finnic: *künci (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *këncë (see there for further descendants)

References

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]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

External links

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

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