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Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/kit

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *käte. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *käci and Proto-Samic *kietë.

Noun

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*kit

  1. hand, arm

Descendants

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  • Eastern Mari: кид (kid)
  • Western Mari: кид (kid)

References

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  • Gábor Bereczki (2013) “kit”, 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.