Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kajwa-

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

Verb

*kajwa-

1. to dig

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kajwə-
  • *kajwå (“shovel”)
    • Nganasan: кайбу (kajbu)
    • Nenets
      • Tundra Nenets: сива (siva)
• Proto-Permic: *kojni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *koe-
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kaj-mə
  • Erzya: койме (kojme)
  • Moksha: кайме (kajme)
• Proto-Samic: *koajvōtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *kaivadak (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #335 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.