Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kuńśe

The noun's meaning of "ant" is likely derived from the meaning "urine". Compare the semantics of English pissmire (“ant”) and the ant-related history of Sanskrit मधुमेह (madhumēha "mead-urine").

*kuńśe

1. ant
2. urine

*kuńśe-

1. to urinate

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kunsə
  • Nganasan: кунсә
• Ugric:
  • Mansi:
    • Northern: хунсьуӈкве (hunsʹuňkve, “to urinate”), хусьвит (husʹvit, “urine”)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern: қо̆с (k̦ŏs, “urine”), қо̆ста (k̦ŏsta, “to urinate”)
    • Northern: хөс (xôs, “urine”), хөс- (xôs-, “to urinate”)
  • Hungarian: hangya (“ant”), húgy (“urine”), hugyozik (“to urinate”)
• Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: кодзувкот (kodźuvkot, “ant”), кудз (kudź, “urine”), кудзасны (kudźasny, “to urinate”)
    • Komi-Zyrian: кудз (kudź, “urine”), кудзявны (kudźavny, “to urinate”)
  • Udmurt: кузьыли (kuźyľi, “ant”), кызь (kyź, “urine”), кыӟалны (kydźalny, “to urinate”)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: кужаш (kužaš, “to urinate”), кужвӱт (kužvüt, “urine”)
  • Western Mari: кыжаш (kyžaš, “to urinate”), кыжвӹт (kyžvÿt, “urine”)
• Mordvin:
  • Erzya: коткудав (kotkudav, “ant”)
• Proto-Samic: *końčë (“urine”) (see there for further descendants), *końčëtēk (“to urinate”)
• Proto-Finnic: *kusi (“urine”) (see there for further descendants), *kustak (“to urinate”)

*kuńśe

1. star

• *täštä (Finno-Volgaic)

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: húgy
  • Proto-Mansi: *kuunćV
  • Proto-Khanty: *kåås
    • Khanty: хөс (xôs)
• Permic:
  • Komi
    • Komi-Zyrian: кодзув (kodźuv)
  • Udmurt: кизили (kiźiľi)

• 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

• (ant) Entry #407 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
• (urine) Entry #408 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
• (star) Entry #409 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.