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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/künče

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

Possibly related to Proto-Yukaghir *önčʼ- (“nail, claw”).[1]

Noun

*künče

  1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants
  • Proto-Samoyedic: *kətå (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: köröm
    • Khanty:
      • Eastern Khanty: кӫңч (kø̈ṇč)
      • Northern Khanty: кус (kus), кўш (kŭš)
    • Mansi:
  • Proto-Permic: *gu̇ž (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *kü̆č (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *kenžə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *këncë (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *künci (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 330
  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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