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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kečɜ

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Reconstruction

Most descendants suggest *e, but Khanty points to original *i or *ä. Sammallahti (1988) reconstructs *käci (= *käče in Wiktionary's transcription).

Noun

*kečɜ

  1. knife

Synonyms
  • *wäŋće

Descendants
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: kés
    • Mansi:
      • Northern: касай (kasaj)
      • Eastern: [script needed] (kāsi)
    • Khanty:
      • Eastern: [script needed] (köčəɣ)
      • Northern: кеси (kesi)
  • Mari:
    • Hill Mari: кӹзӹ (kÿzÿ)
    • Meadow Mari: кӱзӧ (küzö)

References
  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Sammallahti, Pekka. 1988. "Historical phonology of the Uralic languages, with special reference to Samoyed, Ugric and Permic". In Sinor, Denis (ed.), The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, pp. 478–554. Leiden: Brill. →ISBN.
  • Entry #276 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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