Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kala

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

Etymology

Often compared with Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos.

Noun

*kala

fish

Descendants

Samoyedic: *kålä
- Nganasan: колы
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: †kare, кари (kari)
  - Tundra Enets: †kaře, ка́ри
- Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: халя (xaľa)
  - Forest Nenets: ка̄ӆя
- Selkup: ӄәлы (qëly)
- Kamassian: [script needed] (kʰōla)
- Mator: [script needed] (kalä)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: hal
- Khanty:
  - Northern, Eastern: хул (xul)
  - Southern: [script needed] (xuť)
- Mansi:
  - Northern, Eastern: хул (hul)
  - Western: [script needed] (kul)
  - Southern: [script needed] (kōl)
Mari: кол (kol)
Mordvinic:
- Erzya: кал (kal)
- Moksha: кал (kal)
Samic: *kuolē (see there for further descendants)
Finnic: *kala (see there for further descendants)

References

Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.
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.