Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kïj

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 *kuŋe.

Noun

*kïj

1. moon

Descendants

• Nganasan: кичез̌әә (kičežəə)
• Kamassian: кхи (kʰi)
• Mator: киштитъ (kištitъ)

References

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