Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/koəjə

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

Possibly related to Hungarian hegy (“mountain”).

Noun

*koəjə

1. mountain
2. watershed

Descendants

• Nganasan: куәде (kuəďə)
• Enets:
  • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (kuoo)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: кой (kōj)
  • Tundra Nenets: хой (xōj°)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: [script needed] (qē̮)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym Selkup: ӄэ (qe)
    • Chulym Selkup: кіе (küje), кі (kü)
• →? Proto-Turkic: *k(i)aya

References

• Helimski, E. 1995. "Samoyedic loans in Turkic: Check-list of etymologies." — B. Kellner-Heinkele, M. Stachowski (eds.): Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen, pp. 75–95. Turkologica 26. Wiesbaden.