Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/künče

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 Proto-Yukaghir *önčʼ- (“nail, claw”).

Noun

*künče

1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kətå (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: köröm
  • Proto-Khanty: *kö̆nč
    • Eastern Khanty: кӫңч (kø̈ṇč)
    • Northern Khanty: кус (kus), кўш (kŭš)
  • Proto-Mansi: *kü̆nš
    • Northern Mansi: кос (kos)
• Proto-Permic: *gu̇ž (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *kü̆č (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kenžə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *këncë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *künci (see there for further descendants)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

External links

• Entry #309 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.