Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/aw

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 reconstruction

  • *ˀaw (per Werner 2002 & Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *ˀu, *ukʌ, *ugʌ, *kV- (per Vajda-Werner 2022)

Etymology

Perhaps a compound of *a (generic first and second person pronoun base) +‎ *-w (fossilized second person singular suffix?). Compare *a-xʷ (“I, me”).

Pronoun

*aw (plural *awVŋ)

  1. you (singular), thee, second person singular pronoun

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Ket: у (ūˑ)
    • Yug: у (ūˑ)
  • Kottic:
    • Kott: au (“you, thee”)
  • Arinic:
  • Pumpokolic:

Further reading

  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “*aw/*aw-ŋʷ/*aw-ŋʷ-xa”, 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 408
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*a- (3)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 1
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*ūˑ (1)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 962
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 318
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*ukʌ/*ugʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 979
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 318
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