Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/keččä

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

Noun

*keččä

circle, ring

Descendants

Ugric:
- Hungarian: kégy (“stadium, racecourse, landmark”)
- Khanty: кӫтш (kőtš)
- Mansi: кис (kis)
Permic:
- Komi-Zyrian: кыч (kyč)
- Udmurt: кыч (kyć), кыш (kyš)
Proto-Samic: *kiesëtēk
- Northern Sami: giessat
Proto-Finnic: *kehä
- Finnish: kehä

? From *käččä:

Mari:
- Eastern Mari: кече (keče, “sun”)
- Western Mari: кечӹ (kečÿ, “sun”)
Mordvinic:
- Erzya: чи (či, “sun, day”)
- Moksha: ши (ši, “sun, day”)

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →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

External links

Entry #275 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.