Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kaja

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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*kaja

1. gull

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: ӄӑлэк (ḳălek) (Surgut)
• Proto-Samic: *kājēkē
  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: gádjit
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kaijuu
    • Skolt Sami: kaaʹjji
    • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (kaiji)
    • Kildin Sami: ка̄й (kāj)
• Proto-Finnic: *kajaga (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #224 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.