Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kume

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

Perhaps related to Omok ку (ku, “snow”), either via Proto-Yukaghir or a Uralic descendant.[1]

Noun

*kume

thin snow

Descendants

Samoyedic
- Nenets
  - Tundra Nenets: хавˮ (xaw)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: hó

References

Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 224

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[1] Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 224