Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/aw

This Proto-Yeniseian 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-Yeniseian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Yeniseian *a- (generic first and second person pronoun base) + Proto-Yeniseian *-w (second person personal pronoun formant).

Also compare the pronoun base to Proto-Yeniseian *Ha- (generic third person pronoun base).

Pronoun

*aw

thou (second person singular personal pronoun (2SGpp))
Coordinate terms: *ad ~ *aj (“I”, 1SGpp); *bu, *Hadu (“he, she; it”, 3SGpp)

*ʌkʰʌŋ ← *ʌwʌŋ

you (second person plural personal pronoun (2PLpp))
Coordinate term: *ʌdʌŋ (“we”, 1PLpp)

Reconstruction notes

None.

Alternative reconstructions

*ʔaw (sg) (SLDB, TGLD; 1982-2013)
*əg(ə) ~ *ug(ə) (sg); *əgəŋ (pl) (VWdJS, 2002)
*? (LaLoNA, 2024)

Descendants

Arinic:
- Arin: au (aju ~ u, 2SGpp)
  - Arin: aŋ (aŋ, 2PLpp)
Ketic:
- Ket: у (ū, 2SGpp)
  - Ket: әк ~ әкӈ (ə̄k ~ ə̄kŋ, 2PLpp)
- Yug: у (ū, 2SGpp)
  - Yug: кәкӈ (kə̄kŋ, 2PLpp)
Kottic:
- Kott: au (aju ~ aw, 2SGpp)
  - Kott: auoŋ (uŋ, ujoŋ, 2PLpp)
Pumpokolic:
- Pumpokol: úe (úje ~ úwe, 2SGpp)
  - Pumpokol: aiáng (ajaŋ), anjang (anjaŋ, 2PLpp)

References

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https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=40&root=config
https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100%2Fyen%2Fyen&first=1&off=&text_word=thou&method_word=equal&sort=number
Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 318, 418-419
Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, pages 233, 248
Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 962, 1043