Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kala

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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kala

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

Sometimes compared with Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos.

Noun

*kala

1. fish

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kålä
  • Nganasan: колы
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: †kare, кари (kari)
    • Tundra Enets: †kaře, ка́ри
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: халя (xaľa)
    • Forest Nenets: ка̄ӆя
  • Selkup: ӄәлы (qëly)
  • Kamassian: [script needed] (kʰōla)
  • Mator: келе
• Proto-Ugric: *kåla (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: кол (kol)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kalə̑ (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *kuolē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *kala (see there for further descendants)

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.
• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988), “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Entry #228 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.