Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/koska

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

Reconstruction

Attested only in Samic and Samoyedic. In principle, the recontruction *koška would also be possible, as neither language group distinguishes *s from *š.

Noun

*koska

aunt (older than the speaker)

Synonyms

*apa

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *kåtå
- Nganasan: коту (kotu)
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: [Term?] (kada'a)
  - Tundra Enets: [Term?] (kara'a)
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets: [script needed] (kāt̆tɐə)
  - Tundra Nenets: хада (xādā)
- Selkup: [script needed] (qotya), [script needed] (imakota)
Proto-Samic: *koaskē (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 #368 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.