Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kuńśe
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Proto-Uralic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]The noun's meaning of "ant" is likely derived from the meaning "urine". Compare the semantics of English pissmire (“ant”) and the ant-related history of Sanskrit मधुमेह (madhumeh) (madhumēha "mead-urine"). Possibly related to Southern Yukaghir оожии (ōžī).
Nomen
[edit]*kuńśe
Verb
[edit]*kuńśe-
- to urinate
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Samoyedic: *kunsə
- Ugric:
- Proto-Permic: *kuʒ́ (see there for further descendants)
- Mari:
- Proto-Samic: *końčë ("urine”), *końčëtēk ("to urinate”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *kusi ("urine”), *kustak ("to urinate”) (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
[edit]
Nomen
[edit]*kuńśe
Synonyms
[edit]- *täštä (Finno-Volgaic)
Descendants
[edit]- Ugric:
- Proto-Permic: *kȯʒ́il (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- 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
- "The Uralic-Yukaghiric connection revisited: Sound Correspondences of Geminate Clusters", Peter S. Piispanen, 2013
External links
[edit]- (ant) Entry #407 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- (urine) Entry #408 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- (star) Entry #409 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.