Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kulke-

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

Possibly borrowed from[1] or akin to[2] Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to turn”), which may have also meant “to wander, travel”.

Verb

*kulke-

to go, to walk

Derived terms

*kulta-

Synonyms

*jomɜ-
*mene-

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic:
- Mator: каимъ
- Tundra Nenets: хуˮла (χūllā)
Proto-Ugric: *kŭlkĭ- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Permic:
- Komi-Permyak: кывавны (kyvavny), кывтны (kyvtny)
- Komi-Zyrian: кылалны (kylalny), кылтны (kyltny)
Proto-Mordvinic: *kuĺgə- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *kolkētēk
- Kildin Sami: ко̄ллкэ (kōllke)
Proto-Finnic: *kulkedak (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

Koivulehto, Jorma. 2001. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in the light of lexical loans". — Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242: 235–263.
Hyllested, Adam (2008), “Internal Reconstruction vs. External Comparison: The Case of the Indo-Uralic Laryngeals”, in Jens Elmegård Rasmussen & Thomas Olander, editors, Internal Reconstruction in Indo-European: Methods, Results, and Problems : Section Papers from the XVI International Conference on Historical Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, 11th–15th August, 2003‎, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, OCLC 474840193, page 125 of 111–136: “PIU *kulχe ‘to turn, move around’”

External links

Entry #387 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

[1] Koivulehto, Jorma. 2001. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in the light of lexical loans". — Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242: 235–263.

[2] Hyllested, Adam (2008), “Internal Reconstruction vs. External Comparison: The Case of the Indo-Uralic Laryngeals”, in Jens Elmegård Rasmussen & Thomas Olander, editors, Internal Reconstruction in Indo-European: Methods, Results, and Problems : Section Papers from the XVI International Conference on Historical Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, 11th–15th August, 2003‎, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, OCLC 474840193, page 125 of 111–136: “PIU *kulχe ‘to turn, move around’”