Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kume

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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

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Etymology

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Perhaps related to Omok ку (ku, snow), either via Proto-Yukaghir or a Uralic descendant.[1]

Noun

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*kume

  1. thin snow

Descendants

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  • Samoyedic
    • Nenets
      • Tundra Nenets: хавˮ (xaw)
  • Ugric:

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 224