Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/jänte

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Noun

*jänte

1. string (of a bow)

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *jentə
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: ен (yen°)
  • Selkup:
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: шынд (šynd)
      • Upper Ob: кэддэ (kedde)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: ideg
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: я̄нтэв (â̄ntèv)
• Proto-Finnic: *jändek (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #169 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.