Reconstruction:Proto-Khanty/lāńć

This Proto-Khanty 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-Khanty

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ĺomćɜ.

Noun

*lāńć

  1. snow

Notes

Vakh form (meaning bullfinch) may belong here if we assume that snow was it's original meaning.

Descendants

  • Old Northern Khanty: лончи (lonči); ланзь (lanz’) (Beryozovo) (18. century)
    • Northern Khanty: ԓоњщ (łonjsj) (Kazym), тонсь (tons’) (Middle Ob), ԯоньсь (łon’s’) (Shuryshkar), ԯоньщ (łon’sj) (Priuralsky)
  • Old Eastern Khanty: лончь (lonč’) (Narym) (18. century)
    • Eastern Khanty: љоњᲊ (ljonjtj) (Surgut)
    • >? Eastern Khanty: л̣ӱнти (ḷünti) (Vakh)