Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/puj

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

  • *pʰu (per Werner 2002 and Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *pV-, *pu- (“intestines”) (per Starostin 1994-2005)
  • *seŋʷda-powd (literally “vital organ-pounding”) (for Kottic and Arinic, per Fortescue-Vajda 2022)
  • *pu (per Cologne group 2023. Pattern: h.1-)

Reconstruction notes

Proto-Yeniseian open nuclei monophtong *-u and diphthongoid *-uw yield abrupt laryngealization in Ketic, which reflects a true diphthong, in this case, *-uj, instead.[1]

Etymology

Despite Werner (2002) and Starostin (2005); Arin p'hiáŋ, Assan pa and Kott pfa (“breast”) are unrelated to the forms above, and instead stem from Proto-Yeniseian *wodja (“stomach”).

Noun

*puj (plural *puj-Vŋ)

  1. (anatomy) heart
    Coordinate terms: *seŋʷ (“liver”), *wodja (“stomach”)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: hu, gu
    • Ostyak Yug: da-vhu (“their heart”)
  • Pumpokolic:
  • ⇒ Proto-Yeniseian: *seŋʷ(-d)-puj (“heart”, literally “vital organ-heart”)[2]
    • Kottic:
      • Assan: šitábu, ščitabu
      • Kott: šitabu, šitapu, šitap, šítabii
    • Arinic:
      • Arin: šenoúgbu, šenebo

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward (2024) “Tab. 16 and Tab. 17”, 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, pages 413, 414-415
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*sitʰa-pʰu”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 809

Further reading

  • Bonmann, Svenja, Fries, Simon, Korobzow, Natalie, Günther, Laura, Hill, Eugen (2023) “'heart'”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[2], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 62 of 39-82
  • Bonmann, Svenja, Fries, Simon, Korobzow, Natalie, Günther, Laura, Hill, Eugen (2023) “h.1 (Table 28 [cont.])”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[3], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 71 of 39-82
  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*pʰu”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 1, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 581
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “¹huˑ”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 332
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “heart”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 302
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