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Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ńëj

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńële.

Noun

*ńëj

  1. arrow

Descendants
  • Enets:
    • ⇒ Forest Enets: туни
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: ни (nyi) (in compounds)
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: [script needed] (ńëjnol)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Tym: (in compounds) ка́снег, тюо̄шни̇г
      • Chaya: (in compounds) ка̄сн́ӣ
      • Ket: [script needed] (ńǖ)
  • Kamassian: ньа (ńa)
  • Mator: ней
  • Koibal: не

References
  • Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
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