Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/wərkə

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

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Noun

*wərkə

1. bear

Descendants

• Nganasan: ӈарка (ŋarka)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: богля
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: варк (wark°)
• Proto-Selkup: *k͔ork͔ǝ
  • Northern Selkup: ӄорӄы (qorqy)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym Selkup: ӄорӷ (qorģ)
    • Chulym Selkup: куэрх (kuerx)

References

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