Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/juntå

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 borrowed from Proto-Turkic *yunt (“horse, mare”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰖𐰆𐰣𐱃 (y¹un¹t¹).

Noun

*juntå

1. horse

Descendants

• Nganasan: дюндүа (djundya)
• Enets:
  • Tundra Enets: дюда (djuda)
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: юно (juno)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: чунты (ćunty)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: чунд (čund)
• Kamassian: ине (ine)
• Koibal: инӗ
• Mator: нонда, нундо

References

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