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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kije
Proto-Uralic
Reconstruction
Traditionally reconstructed as *küje for Finnic, but an alternative etymology exists and *kije fits other descendants better in terms of vocalism.
Noun
*kije
- snake
- viper
Descendants
- Proto-Samoyedic:
- Selkup: щӱ
- Proto-Ugric: *kü̆jĭ- (see there for further descendants)
- Permic
- Udmurt: кый (kyj)
- Proto-Mari: *kĭškə (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *kuj (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *küü (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Entry #302 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.