Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/axʷ

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

  • *ad, *aj (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *ad(ə), *adʲ(ə) (per Werner 2002)
  • *aɟ (per Cologne group 2024. Pattern: ?-t.2)

Etymology

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

Pronoun

*axʷ (plural *axVŋ)

  1. I, me, first person singular pronoun

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Ket: ат (āˑd)
    • Yug: ат (at, ăt)
  • Kottic:
  • Arinic:
  • Pumpokolic:
    • Pumpokol: ad

Further reading

  • 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[1], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 236 of 216-293
  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “~*axʷ/~*axʷ-ŋʷ/*axʷ-ŋʷ-xa”, in 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 408
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*ab/*abʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 4-5
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*ad/*aj”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 8-9
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 72
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