Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/ugʷVŋʷɬVb

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

  • *upVl, *uǯVpVl₁ (per Starostin 2005)

Etymology

Composed of *ugʷVŋʷ (“long”) +‎ *ɬVb (“tongue”), literally “long-tongued”. According to Werner (2002) however, the second element reflects *butɬ (“leg”). Starostin (1994, 2005) goes against Werner's etymology and assumes the compound 'long-legged' to be a folk etymology instead.

Noun

*ugʷVŋʷɬVb (plural *ugʷVŋʷɬVb-Vŋ)

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

Descendants

  • Kottic:
    • Kott: êmpul, ujampolo, ujempol (Metathesized in effect by the labialized velar element)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: utl'ap (utlʲap)

Further reading

  • 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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*ugde (1)/ugdeŋ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 968
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “utlʲap”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 1036
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “êmpul”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 267
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “utl'ap”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 371
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “mosquito”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 310
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