Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ńëj

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńële.

Noun

*ńëj

1. arrow

Descendants

• Enets:
  • ⇒ Forest Enets: туни
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: ни (nyi) (in compounds)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: [script needed] (ńëjnol)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Tym: (in compounds) ка́снег (kásnjeg), тюо̄шни̇г (tjuōšni̇g)
    • Chaya: (in compounds) ка̄сн́ӣ
    • Ket: [script needed] (ńǖ)
• Kamassian: ньа (ńa)
• Mator: ней
• Koibal: не

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.