Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/tuj

This Proto-Samoyedic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

From Proto-Uralic *tuli.

Noun

*tuj

1. fire

Descendants

• Nganasan: туй (tuj)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: ту (tu)
  • Tundra Enets: ту (tu)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: ту (tū)
  • Tundra Nenets: ту (tu)
• Proto-Selkup: *tǖ
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: тӱ
• Kamassian: шӱ (šü)
• Koibal: сиӱ (siü)
• Mator: туи (tui)

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.