Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/koəjə

This Proto-Samoyedic entry contains reconstructed words 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 from Proto-Uralic, if cognate with Hungarian hegy (“mountain”).

Noun

*koəjə

mountain
watershed

Descendants

Nganasan: куәде (kuəďə)
Enets:
- Tundra Enets: [Term?] (kuoo)
Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: кой (kōj)
- Tundra Nenets: хой (xōj°)
Selkup: (Taz) [script needed] (qē̮)
→ Proto-Turkic: *kaja

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.