Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/ɢejnadʳ

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

Compound of *ɢejn (“brachium, shoulder”) +‎ *adʳ (“bone, body part”).

Noun

*ɢejnadʳ (plural *ɢejnadʳ-Vŋ)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) arm; wing

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Yug: кэят (kɛjat, “wing”)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: hénar (“arm”), kéŋar (“hand”)
    • Kott: hênar, hénaran (“arm”), kéŋaran (“hand”)

Further reading

  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “95.) ~*ɢejn”, in 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, page 372
  • 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 376
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) “*ɢejn (Table 18:7)”, 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 423
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