Locating Pre Proto Uralic

[Jaska]

Queequeg:

“Where does the "jə"-part in the suggested Proto Uralic form *kojəra ‘male [domestic?] animal’ actually come from?”

There are both underived cognates from *kojǝ ‘male’ and derived cognates from *kojǝ-ra ‘male animal’:
1. Skolt Saami kuojjă̮ (+Kld T) ’man, husband’ ~ Mansi East χoj, West kuj, North χuj ’male’ ~ Khanty East ku, kuj-, South/North χoj ’male, man’.
2. Finnish koira ‘dog’, koiras ‘male animal’ ~ Komi ki̮r, ki̮r-pon, ki̮re̮s ’male dog’ ~ Mansi South kɛ̮̄r, West kē̮r, North χār ’male animal, reindeer ox, stallion’ ~ Khanty East kar, South χor, North χar ’male animal, reindeer ox, stallion’ ~ Hungarian here ’drone bee; testicle’ ~ Samoyedic *korå ‘male, male reindeer, stallion, ox, ram’.