Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kije
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Proto-Uralic
[edit]Reconstruction
[edit]Traditionally reconstructed as *küje for Finnic, but an alternative etymology exists and *kije fits other descendants better in terms of vocalism.
Noun
[edit]*kije
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Samoyedic:
- Ugric:
- Hungarian: kígyó
- Proto-Permic: *kij (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Mari: *kĭškə (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *kuj
- Proto-Finnic: *küü (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- Entry #302 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.