Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/ɟejq

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ǯik, *gik, *χik (per Werner 2002)
  • *ǯik, *dʲīˑk (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *ɟik (per Cologne group 2023 & 2024. Pattern: d.2-k.1)

Etymology

Compared to Proto-Na-Dene *ǰejmq (“pitch, resin”); Proto-Athabaskan *džeˑx (“pitch”), Eyak gahɢ (“pitch”) and Tlingit kʼóox̱ʼ (kˀúʼχˀ, “pitch, resin, tar, gum”).

Perhaps related to Proto-Yeniseian *-ɟawq (“to stick to, to adhere”).

Noun

*ɟejq (no plural)

  1. (botany) pitch, resin

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Ket: дик (dīˑk)
    • ⇒ Ket: диккут (díkkut, “candle”, literally “resin-fat”)
    • Yug: дьик (dʲīk)
  • Kottic:
    • ⇒ Assan: ečáčik (“candle used for religious ceremonies”, literally “god-resin/candle”)
    • Kott: čîk, čik (“resin; sulphur”)
    • → Proto-Turkic: *čuk (“resin”)[1]
      • Siberian Turkic:
        • South Siberian Turkic:
          • Sayan Turkic:
            • Tuvan: шух (şux) (Kyzyl)
            • Tofa: чуғ (čuq)
          • Yenisei Turkic:
            • Khakas: чух (çux)
            • Shor: чуғ (čuq)
      • ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *ï-gač-čuk (literally “tree-resin”)
        • → Kott: ɛkačačik (“wax”)

References

  1. ^ Khabtagaeva, Bayarma (2019) Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian (The languages of Asia series; 19)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 34

Further reading

  • 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[2], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 52 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[3], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 243 of 216-293
  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “57.) ~*ɟejmq”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 352-353
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*dʲīˑk”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 251
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) “*ɟejq/*ɟejq- (Table 16:4)”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[5], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 413
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(1) diˑk”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 193
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.