Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/jïntə

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

From Proto-Uralic *joŋse. Initial *j- is lost in all languages other than Nganasan and Kamassian, seemingly irregularly.

Noun

*jïntə

bow

Descendants

Nganasan: динтә
Enets:
- Tundra Enets: [Term?] (iddo)
Yurats: ngidde
Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: ӈын (ŋɨn)
- Tundra Nenets: ӈын (ŋin°)
Selkup: ынты (ynty)
Kamassian: [script needed] (jīnə), [script needed] (īnə)
Mator: мынди

References

Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.