Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kečɜ

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

Reconstruction

Most descendants suggest *e, but Khanty points to original *i or *ä. Sammallahti (1988) reconstructs *käci (= *käče in Wiktionary's transcription).

Noun

*kečɜ

1. knife

Synonyms

• *wäŋće

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: kés
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: касай (kasaj)
    • Eastern Mansi: ка̄си (kāsi)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: кӧҷәӽ (köč̣əḥ)
    • Northern Khanty: кэши (keši)
• Proto-Mari: *kü̆ćə (see there for further descendants)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

• Entry #276 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.