Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kuŋe

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

Noun

*kuŋe

1. the Moon

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kïj (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: hó, hold
  • Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: хўв (hŭw)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kov (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *kuu (see there for further descendants)

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

External links

• Entry #411 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.