Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/künčä-
Proto-Uralic
Etymology
Probably from *künče.
Verb
*künčä- (West Uralic)
- to dig
Descendants
- Proto-Mari: *kü̆nče-
- Eastern Mari: кӱнчаш (künčaš)
- Proto-Finnic: *küntädäk (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Entry #1312 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
References
- Metsäranta, Niklas. Periytyminen ja lainautuminen: Marin ja permiläisten kielten sanastontutkimusta (2020). University of Helsinki (Doctoral dissertation). p.320