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ALFRÉD TÓTH : HUNGARIAN AND ESKIMO-ALEUT — with Paleo-Siberian Cognates<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> késa “a provincial term used to describe legal battles over<br />

territory near rivers”, késálni, késálkodik “to fight, to struggle, to<br />

battle”<br />

Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiśkз- “to rend, to tear”<br />

Proto-<strong>Eskimo</strong> *q∂c(c)uγ- “to scratch or dig claws into”<br />

Sumerian ĝeš-kiĝ-ti “artisan, forge” (Lieberman 1977, no. 295)<br />

Akkadian kiškattu, kiškittu “weapon”<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> keseregni “to grieve over sth.”, kesergő “dirge, lament”,<br />

keseríteni “to embitter”, kesernyés “tart”, keserű “bitter”<br />

Proto-Ugric *k8ćз(-rз)<br />

Proto-<strong>Eskimo</strong> *k∂γδaγ- “to be rough”<br />

Sumerian ĝiškim (60x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. ĝiškim “sign, omen; trust,<br />

aid”<br />

Akkadian giskimmu; cf. also kišpum “magic, witchcraft, omen”, kišubu “end of a<br />

song”<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> keshedni “to become frayed/threadbare, to wear out”<br />

Proto-Ugric *käńćз(-), *käćз(-) “thin; to thin out”<br />

Proto-Inuit *caat “to be thin”<br />

Akkadian qātū “to come to an end; to be finished”, qatnu “thin”. A perfect<br />

match in sound <strong>and</strong> meaning between Proto-Inuit <strong>and</strong> Akkadian.<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> késik “to be late”<br />

Tatarian kič “evening; late”<br />

<strong>Eskimo</strong>-<strong>Aleut</strong> q∂cuγ- “to tear out, to scratch”<br />

<strong>Aleut</strong> qiciX “sth. sharp”<br />

Akkadian qātū “to come to an end; to be finished”, qatnu “thin”<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> keskeny “narrow”<br />

Proto-Finno-Ugric *känčз, *käčз “narrow, tight”<br />

Proto-Inuit *caat “to be thin”<br />

Akkadian qatnu “thin, narrow”; cf. keshedni.<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> kész “finished, ready; prepared (to), ready (to); obliging, willing”<br />

Proto-Finno-Ugric *k8ćз “ready, willing”<br />

<strong>Eskimo</strong>-<strong>Aleut</strong> q∂cuγ- “to tear out, to scratch”<br />

<strong>Aleut</strong> qiciX “sth. sharp”<br />

Akkadian qātū “to come to an end; to be finished”, qatū “finished, ready”<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> keszeg “bream; extremely thin”<br />

Komi gyć “Crucian carp”<br />

Chukotko-Kamch. ukiδ “capelin (fish)”<br />

Nivkh ukk “kind of carp”<br />

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