Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/ej

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.
This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Yeniseian

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ej (per Werner 2002 and Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *ʔej (per Starostin 1994-2005)
  • *aj (per Vajda-Werner 2022)

Etymology

Noun

*ej (plural *ej-Vŋ)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    Synonym: *ɬVb (Kottic and Arinic)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: ej, ii, ij (18th century)
      • Ket: эй (ɛ̄j, ɛ̀j) (Southern and Central dialects), эйъ (ɛ̀jʌ) (Central dialects), эйи (ɛ̀ji) (Northern dialects)
    • Ostyak Yug: ej (18th century)
    • Yug: ей (ēj)
  • Pumpokolic:
    • Pumpokol: aj, ai
      • ⇒ Pumpokol: Gebéŋ-aj, Gebéŋ-ai (“Pumpokol language”)
    • ⇒? Pumpokol: iilɨgɨl (“tongue”)

Further reading

  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*ej (1)/*aj”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 269, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 269
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[1], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 376
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “¹eˑj”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 272
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “tongue”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 329
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