Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/min-

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 *mene-.

Verb

*min-

1. to go

Descendants

• Nganasan: мынсы (mynsy)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: миньш (myinʹš)
  • Tundra Nenets: минзь (myinzʹ°)
• Kamassian: мәнзьәт (mənźət)

Related terms

• *mintä- (“to carry”)

References

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