Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuoksëŋkē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Noun

*kuoksëŋkē

1. Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: goeksege
    • → Swedish: koxik
  • Ume Sami: guaksaga
  • Pite Sami: guoksak
  • Lule Sami: guovsak
  • Northern Sami: guovssat
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuávská
  • Skolt Sami: kuusâǩ
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (kuosyck)
  • Kildin Sami: кӯзэӈӈк (kūzeŋŋk)
  • Ter Sami: кы̄ссыӈӈьк (kï̄ssïŋŋʼk)
• → Finnish: kuusanka

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland