Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kume

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

Perhaps related to Omok ку (ku, “snow”), either via Proto-Yukaghir or a Uralic descendant.

Noun

*kume

1. thin snow

Descendants

• Samoyedic
  • Nenets
    • Tundra Nenets: хавˮ (xaw)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: hó

Further reading

• Entry #396 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.