Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kaja

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

Etymology 1

Possibly related to *koje

Noun

*kaja

1. sun
2. dawn

Verb

*kaja-

1. to dawn

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kåjå (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • >? Hungarian: hajnal (from compound *kajan-ëla (+*ëla) ?)
• Proto-Mari: *kåja-
  • Eastern Mari: кояш (kojaš)
  • Western Mari: каяш (kajaš)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kajǝ-
  • Erzya: каемс (kajems)
• Proto-Samic: *kuojēttētēk
  • Western Samic:
    • Lule Sami: guojijdit
    • Northern Sami: guojihit
• Proto-Finnic: *kaja (see there for further descendants)

References

• Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2012. "On Finnic long vowels, Samoyed vowel sequences, and Proto-Uralic *x". In: Hyytiäinen, Tiina; Jalava, Lotta; Saarikivi, Janne; Sandman, Erika (eds.), Per Urales ad Orientem. Iter polyphonicum multilinguae. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 264, pp. 227–250.

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

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*kaja

1. gull

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: ӄӑлэк (ḳălek) (Surgut)
• Proto-Samic: *kājēkē
  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: gádjit
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kaijuu
    • Skolt Sami: kaaʹjji
    • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (kaiji)
    • Kildin Sami: ка̄й (kāj)
• Proto-Finnic: *kajaga (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #224 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.