Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ke-

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

Alternative reconstructions

(Older reconstruction) *ki-, *kim
*kem

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ke.^[1] The resemblance with Proto-Turkic *kem is probably coincidental.

Pronoun

*ke-^[2]

who (interrogative)

Descendants

Nganasan: сылы (sɨlɨ)^[3]
Enets:^[4]
- Forest Enets: ҫе (še), ҫеэ (šee)
- Tundra Enets: шио (šio, šiɔ)
Nenets:
- >? Forest Nenets: кӣмя (kyīmya)^[5] (← *kïmä)
- >? Tundra Nenets: хибя (xyibya)^[6] (← *kïmä)
Kamassian: шәндә (šəndə)^[7]
- Koibal: сем (sem)^[8]
Mator: ким (kim)^[9]

References

^ Entry #272 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
^ N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 159
^ Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023) Forest and Tundra Enets‎^[1], →DOI, →ISBN, page 810
^ M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 48
^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 160
^ Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 64
^ T. Janurik (2021) Kojbál szótár: a publikált szójegyzékek egyesített szótára.‎^[3] (in Hungarian), Székesfehérvár, pages 23, 102
^ E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎^[4] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 277

[1] Entry #272 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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

[3] N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 159

[4] Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023) Forest and Tundra Enets‎^[1], →DOI, →ISBN, page 810

[5] M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 48

[6] N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 160

[7] Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 64

[8] T. Janurik (2021) Kojbál szótár: a publikált szójegyzékek egyesített szótára.‎^[3] (in Hungarian), Székesfehérvár, pages 23, 102

[9] E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎^[4] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 277

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