Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/bɔˀk

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

An etymological monomorpheme in at least the Proto-Ketic stage.

Additionally, compared to Proto-Athabaskan *-weˑdžʷ (“become cooked by boiling”) by Edward J. Vajda (2022:383-384).^[1]

Noun

*bɔˀk (Proto-Ketic)

fire (heat- and light-producing process)
Coordinate term: *qatʰ (“fire, burning fire; hearth”)

Reconstruction notes

Albeit not intra-Ketic, comparata Pumpokol butsch (buč, “fire”) and Kott pigai bâttaŋ (“I roast.”) ← Kott *pigai (“roasting, the act of roasting”) should not be excluded; which can further reflect an earlier Proto-Yeniseian root (per LaLoNA, *beg-, cqd.)
- This antique root for the primary gloss 'fire' is suppleted by Proto-Yeniseian *qatʰ (“fire; burning, the act of burning”, deverbal noun, action nominal) in Kott and Arin.

Alternative reconstructions

*boʔk (SLDB, TGLD; 1982-2013)
*? (VWdJS, 2002)
*beg-ja (LaLoNA, 2024)

Descendants

Ketic:
- ^{(18th century)} Eed-Šeš Ket: boóck (boːk)^[2]
- Ket: боʼк (boˀk)
- Yug: боʼк (bɔˀk)

References

^ Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 383-384
^ Messerschmidt, Daniel G. (1723 [1964]), Winter, Eduard, Uschmann, Georg, Jarosch, Gerhard, editors, Forschungsreise durch Sibirien, Teil 2: Tagebuchaufzeichnungen Januar 1723-Mai 1724 (Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte Osteuropas; VIII) (in German), [Berlin]: Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, page 64

https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=229&root=config
https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100%2Fyen%2Fyen&first=1&off=&text_word=fire&method_word=equal&sort=number — root 1.
Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 145
Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 53-54?
Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, page 237
Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 148, 532?
Vajda, Edward (2024), The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 412

[1] Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 383-384

[2] Messerschmidt, Daniel G. (1723 [1964]), Winter, Eduard, Uschmann, Georg, Jarosch, Gerhard, editors, Forschungsreise durch Sibirien, Teil 2: Tagebuchaufzeichnungen Januar 1723-Mai 1724 (Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte Osteuropas; VIII) (in German), [Berlin]: Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, page 64

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