Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/potʳ

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

Wikispecies

Alternative reconstructions

  • *pʰəˀλ (per Werner 2002)
  • *pəˀr (per Starostin 1994-2005)
  • *pʰʌˀλ (per Vajda-Werner 2022)

Reconstruction notes

Plural forms in Kott, furan and futn, reflect two different actualizations of the retroflex coda *-tʳ before the animate plural *-n.

Etymology

Noun

*potʳ (plural *potʳ-n)

  1. (zoology, ornithology) merganser, common merganser (Mergus merganser)
    Coordinate terms: *ban (“duck”), *bix (“loon”), *tʳaɢa (“a kind of diving duck”), *cam (“goose”), *cijga (“swan”), *ɟex (“wood grouse”)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Ket: хъʼль (hʌˀlʲ)
    • Yug: фъʼр (fʌˀr)
      • → Southern Selkup: пурь (pur’), пуря (purja, “duck, Anas clangula”)
  • Kottic:
    • Kott: fur (singular)
    • Kott: furan, futn (plural)

Further reading

  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*pʰʌˀλ (1)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 592
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) “*potʳ, *potʳ-n”, in 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 412
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(2) hʌˀl' (I)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 342
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