Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kanta-

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

From *kane- (“to go”) +‎ *-ta-.

Verb

*kanta-

1. to carry, to transport

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kåntå-
  • Nganasan: контудя (kontuďa)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets:
    • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (кадась)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: ханась (xānaś)
  • Mator: [script needed] (кандыя-)
• Proto-Ugric: *kånta-
  • Proto-Khanty: *kāntəm-
  • Proto-Mansi: *kūnt-
    • Northern Mansi: хӯнт (hūnt)
    • Eastern Mansi: хӯнт (hūnt), кӯнт (kūnt)
    • Western Mansi: кӯнт (kūnt)
• Proto-Mari: *kånde- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kandəms (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *kuontētēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *kantadak (see there for further descendants)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

• Entry #237 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.