Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/käjä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Noun

*käjä

1. moth

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Proto-Mansi *käj
    • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (kij, käj)
  • Proto-Khanty *käj
    • Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (kej)
• Proto-Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Zyrian: [script needed] (ke̮j)
  • Udmurt: кей (kej)
• Proto-Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: кие (kije)
• Proto-Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: ки (ki)
  • Moksha: ки (ki)
• Proto-Finnic: *koi (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.