Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuoksëŋkē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

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Noun

*kuoksëŋkē

  1. Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: goeksege
    • Ume Sami: guaksaga
    • Pite Sami: guoksak
    • Lule Sami: guovsak
    • Northern Sami: guovssat
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kuávská
    • Skolt Sami: kuusâǩ
    • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (kuosyck)
    • Kildin Sami: (obsolete or dialectal) кӯзэӈӈьк (kūzeŋŋ’k)
    • Ter Sami: кы̄ссыӈӈьк (kï̄ssïŋŋʼk)
  • → Finnish: kuusanka

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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