Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ne

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 *niŋä.

Noun

*ne

1. woman

Descendants

• Nenets
  • Tundra Nenets: не (nye)
  • Forest Nenets: нē (nē)
• Enets
  • Forest Enets: нэ
• Proto-Selkup: *ne
  • Northern Selkup: нея (njeja)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Tym: нэ
    • Ket: нэ
• Nganasan: ны (nɨ)
• Kamassian: не (ne)
• Koibal: нэ
• Mator: нэ