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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kanta-

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

From *kane- (“to go”) +‎ *-ta-.

Verb

*kanta-

  1. to carry, to transport

Descendants
  • Samoyedic: *kåntå-
    • Nganasan: контудя (kontuďa)
    • Enets:
      • Forest Enets: [Term?]
      • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (кадась)
    • Nenets:
      • Forest Nenets: [Term?]
      • Tundra Nenets: ханась (xānaś)
    • Selkup: [Term?]
    • Kamassian: [Term?]
    • Mator: [script needed] (кандыя-)
  • Ugric:
    • Khanty: [Term?]
    • Mansi:
      • Northern: ху¯нт (hu¯nt)
      • Eastern: [script needed] (xūnt), [script needed] (kūnt)
      • Western: [script needed] (kunt)
  • Mari:
    • Hill Mari: кандеш (kandeš)
    • Meadow Mari: кондеш (kondeš)
  • Mordvinic:
  • Samic: *kuontētēk (see there for further descendants)
  • Finnic: *kantadak (see there for further descendants)

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 #237 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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