Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/šejg

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

**Proto-Yeniseian numbers ^(edit)**
← 3	4	5 →
Cardinal: šejg Ordinal: šejgwasVŋʷ Adverbial: šejgpa Collective: šejgɟe

Alternative reconstructions

*sekə, *segə, *se (per Werner 2002)
*sekʌ, *segʌ, *sejʌ (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
*Sek (per Cologne group 2023 & 2024. Pattern: s.2-k.2)

Etymology

According to Werner (2002), a compound of *se (“four”) +‎ *kə ('Numerativwort').

Numeral

*šejg (ordinal *šejg-was-Vŋʷ)

(cardinal number) four, 4

Derived terms

*šejg-xʷaj (“year”, literally “repeating-sun”)

Descendants

Ketic:
- Imbak Ket: sɨjem (Bahta and Eed-Šeš dialects)
- Imbak Ket: siám, síam, siém, sigám
  - Ket: сик (sʲīk)
    - ⇒ Ket: сиӈ (sʲīŋ), сиеӈ (sʲījeŋ) (counting form used with animate nouns)
    - ⇒ Ket: сигам (sʲigam) (counting form used with inanimate nouns)
- Ostyak Yug: siém
  - Yug: сик (sik)
    - ⇒ Yug: сиеӈ (sijeŋ) (counting form used with animate nouns)
    - ⇒ Yug: сие (sije) (counting form used with inanimate nouns)
Kottic:
- Assan: šég'aŋ (šégʲaŋ), šeggiaŋ, šega
- Kott: čéga, šejče, šêgä, šêgäš, šagä
  - ⇒ Kott: šêgšin (“all four”)
Arinic:
- Arin: šaja, šája, šaga, šeja
Pumpokolic:
- Pumpokol: zíang, cíaŋ

Bonmann, Svenja, Fries, Simon, Korobzow, Natalie, Günther, Laura, Hill, Eugen (2023) “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎^[1], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 61 of 39-82
Hill, Eugen, Fries, Simon, Korobzow, Natalie, Günther, Laura, Svenja, Bonmann (2024) “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎^[2], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 245 of 216-293
Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*sek(ʌ)/*seg(ʌ)/*sej(ʌ)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 773
Vajda, Edward (2024) “*šejg”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎^[3], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 419
Vajda, Edward (2024) The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎^[4], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 440
Werner, Heinrich (2002) “¹s'iˑk”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 206
Werner, Heinrich (2005) “four”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 298