Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kaja

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 1

Possibly related to *koje

Noun

*kaja

  1. sun
  2. dawn

Verb

*kaja-

  1. to dawn

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *kåjå (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • >? Hungarian: hajnal (from compound *kajan-ëla (+*ëla) ?)
  • Proto-Mari: *kåja-
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *kajǝ-
    • Erzya: каемс (kajems)
  • Proto-Samic: *kuojēttētēk
    • Western Samic:
      • Lule Sami: guojijdit
      • Northern Sami: guojihit
  • Proto-Finnic: *kaja (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*kaja

  1. gull

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Khanty:
      • Eastern Khanty: ӄӑлэк (ḳălek) (Surgut)
  • Proto-Samic: *kājēkē
    • Western Samic:
    • Eastern Samic:
      • Inari Sami: kaijuu
      • Skolt Sami: kaaʹjji
      • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (kaiji)
      • Kildin Sami: ка̄й (kāj)
  • Proto-Finnic: *kajaga (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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