Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kiwe

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

Not continued in the Samoyedic (contrast *pəj from the possible original synonym *pije) or the Samic languages (contrast *keaδkē, of unknown origin).

Noun

*kiwe

rock, stone

Synonyms

? *pije

Descendants

Proto-Ugric: *kĭwĭ (see there for further descendants)
Permic:
- Komi:
  - Komi-Zyrian: -ки (-ki) in изки (izki, “millstone”)
- Udmurt: кӧ (kö, “millstone”)
Proto-Mari: *kü (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *kev (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *kivi (see there for further descendants)

References

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