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Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/koəjə

This Proto-Samoyedic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic, if cognate with Hungarian hegy (“mountain”).

Noun

*koəjə

  1. mountain
  2. watershed

Descendants
  • Nganasan: куәде (kuəďə)
  • Enets:
    • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (kuoo)
  • Nenets:
  • Selkup: (Taz) [script needed] (qē̮)
  • → Proto-Turkic: *kaja

References
  • Helimski, E. 1995. "Samoyedic loans in Turkic: Check-list of etymologies." — B. Kellner-Heinkele, M. Stachowski (eds.): Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen, pp. 75–95. Turkologica 26. Wiesbaden.
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