Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/jəkə-

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

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *jëka- (“to share, to divide”).

Verb

*jəkə-

1. (transitive) to cut

Descendants

• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: яхась (yaxasʹ°, “to skin”)
• ⇒ Kamassian: чагарзьәт (ćagarźət, “to cut”)
• Mator: тчяга- (čagә-, “to cut out, to tailor”)

References

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