Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/wet

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *wete.

Noun

*wet

1. water

Descendants

• Nganasan: быˮ (byʔ)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: би (bi), биз (bið)
  • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (biʔ)
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: иˮ (yiq)
• Proto-Selkup: *üt
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym Selkup: ӱт (üt)
• Kamassian: бӱ (bü)
• Mator: бу (bu)

References

• Juha Janhunen (1998) “Samoyedic”, in Daniel Mario Abondolo, editor, The Uralic Languages, London: Routledge, page 464