Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kesä

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)h₁es-,[1] although EVE considers this theory uncertain.[2]

Noun

*kesä (Finno-Permic)

  1. summer

Descendants

  • Proto-Mordvinic: *kizə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *keasē (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *kesä (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Koivulehto, Jorma (1991), Uralische Evidenz für die Laryngaltheorie (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse; 556) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN
  2. ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “kesä”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 1 January 2024

Further reading