Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/kü̆ćə

This Proto-Mari 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-Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kečɜ.

Noun

*kü̆ćə

1. knife

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: кӱзӧ (küzö)
• Western Mari: кӹзӹ (kÿzÿ)

References

• Gábor Bereczki (2013) “küzö”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Tscheremissischen (Mari) [Etymological dictionary of the Cheremiss language (Mari)], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN
• Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.