Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kuńśe
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Proto-Uralic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
The noun's meaning of "ant" is likely derived from the meaning "urine". Compare the semantics of English pissmire (“ant”) and the ant-related history of Sanskrit मधुमेह (madhumēha "mead-urine"). Possibly related to Southern Yukaghir оожии (ōžī).
Noun[edit]
*kuńśe
Verb[edit]
*kuńśe-
- to urinate
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Samoyedic: *kunsə
- Nganasan: кунсә
- Ugric:
- Proto-Permic: *kuʒ́ (see there for further descendants)
- Mari:
- Proto-Samic: *końčë (“urine”) (see there for further descendants), *końčëtēk (“to urinate”)
- Proto-Finnic: *kusi (“urine”) (see there for further descendants), *kustak (“to urinate”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
*kuńśe
Synonyms[edit]
- *täštä (Finno-Volgaic)
Descendants[edit]
- Ugric:
- Permic:
References[edit]
- 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
- "The Uralic-Yukaghiric connection revisited: Sound Correspondences of Geminate Clusters", Peter S. Piispanen, 2013
External links[edit]
- (ant) Entry #407 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- (urine) Entry #408 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- (star) Entry #409 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.