Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/qowčja

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

Has been compared to Proto-Na-Dene *ɢuǰ (“wolf”).

Noun

*qowčja

1. wolf

Descendants

• Northern Yeniseian:
  • Ket: ӄыт, ӄыти
  • Yug: хыт
• Southern Yeniseian:
  • Arin: kot, kūt
  • Pumpokol: xótu

References

• Vajda, E. (2024) The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 422: “*qowč-ja”

Further reading

• Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373: “*ɢujči”