Reconstruction:Proto-Yukaghir/könčʼə

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This Proto-Yukaghir 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-Yukaghir[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to Proto-Uralic *kunča (worm).[1]

Noun[edit]

*könčʼə[1]

  1. worm, caterpillar, larva

Descendants[edit]

  • Northern Yukaghir: көдьэ (köd̦e)
  • Southern Yukaghir: көдьэ (kødʹe)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 218