Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/küńele

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

Etymology

Possibly related to *kuńa- (“to close eyes”), though the derivational relationship is obscure.

Noun

*küńele

1. tear (of the eye)

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kəńələ
  • Nenets
    • Tundra Nenets: хӑя̆л (χəjəl)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: könny
• Permic:
  • Udmurt: синкыли (śinkyľi)
• Proto-Samic: *këńël (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *küünel (see there for further descendants)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

• Entry #312 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.