Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kuśka

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

Adjective

*kuśka

1. dry

   Synonym: *šorwa

Descendants

• Samoyedic:
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: хасуй (xasuy°)
• Mari:
  • ⇒ Eastern Mari: кошкаш (koškaš)
• >? Proto-Permic: *kwoś (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kośkə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *koškē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #431 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “koškē”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland