Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/sujx

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 reconstructions

  • *suj (per Werner 2002 and Vajda-Werner 2022)

Etymology

Compared to Proto-Na-Dene *tsˀujx (“mosquito”); Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼiˑxʸ (“midge”), Navajo tsʼíʼii (“mosquito, gnat”) and Eyak tsˀijux (“mosquito, midge”).

Noun

*sujx (plural *sujx-Vŋ)

  1. (entomology) mosquito, midge
    Synonym: *ugʷVŋʷɬVb

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Ket: сюй (sʲūj), шюй (šʲūj)
    • Yug: суй (sūj)
  • Kottic:
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: s'un (sʲun, “midge”), šun (“horsefly, gadfly”) (plural)
    • ⇒ Arin: sussaj (“hornet”)
    • ⇒ Arin: šušenkuša (“wasp”)

Further reading

  • Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “43.) ~*tsujx”, 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 347
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*suj (2)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 824
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “¹s'uˑj”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 219
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “mosquito (moshka-mosquito)”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 310
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