Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/käəj

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 *käle.

Noun

*käəj

1. tongue

Descendants

• Nganasan: сиәде (siəde)
• Proto-Selkup: *śē
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym Selkup: шэ̄ (šē)
    • Chulym Selkup: сие (sie)
• Kamassian: шәкә (šəkə)
• Koibal: сека (seka)
• Mator: каште (kašte)

References

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