Reconstruction:Proto-Selkup/ńir

This Proto-Selkup 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-Selkup

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samoyedic *ńër.

Noun

*ńir

1. cartilage

Descendants

• Southern Selkup:
  • Narym: нер (njer)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samoyedic *ńer, from Proto-Uralic *ńëre.

Noun

*ńir

1. semen

Descendants

• Southern Selkup:
  • Ket: [script needed] (ńər, “semen”)

References

• T. Janurik (2023) “A protoszölkup nyelvállapot és fejleményei. Elektronikus kézirat.”, in Szamojéd Tudástár‎^[1] (in Hungarian), page 28