Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kontē
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Proto-Samic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Proto-Uralic *kunta (“hunting party”) (whence also Proto-Finnic *kunta) with the semantic shift "hunting party" > "the catch of the hunters" and related to *kontētēk (“to kill”).
Noun[edit]
*kontē
Descendants[edit]
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
References[edit]
- Ante Aikio: New and Old Samoyed Etymologies Pt.2, Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 59 (2006).