Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kala

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.

Sometimes compared with Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos.

*kala

1. fish

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kålä (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: hal
  • Proto-Khanty: *kūl
    • Eastern Khanty: ӄуԓ (ḳuł) (Surgut)
    • Northern Khanty: хўԓ (hŭł) (Kazym)
    • Southern Khanty: хуть (hut’) (Konda)
  • Proto-Mansi: *kūl
    • Eastern Mansi: хул (hul)
    • Northern Mansi: хӯл (hūl)
    • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (kōl)
    • Western Mansi: [script needed] (kul)
• Proto-Mari: *kol (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *kalə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *kuolē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *kala (see there for further descendants)

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• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (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

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Entry #228 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.