Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kanta-

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

Etymology

From *kane- (“to go”) +‎ *-ta-.

Verb

*kanta-

to carry, to transport

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *kåntå-
- Nganasan: контудя (kontuďa)
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets:
  - Tundra Enets: [script needed] (кадась)
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets:
  - Tundra Nenets: ханась (xānaś)
- Mator: [script needed] (кандыя-)
Proto-Ugric: *kånta-
- Proto-Khanty: *kāntəm-
- Proto-Mansi: *kūnt-
  - Northern Mansi: хӯнт (hūnt)
  - Eastern Mansi: хӯнт (hūnt), кӯнт (kūnt)
  - Western Mansi: кӯнт (kūnt)
Proto-Mari: *kånde- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *kandəms (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *kuontētēk (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *kantadak (see there for further descendants)

References

Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

Entry #237 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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