Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/xiɟe

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

  • *ɨˀədʲə (per Werner 2002)
  • *ɯˀdʲʌ (per Vajda-Werner 2022)

Etymology

Possibly from a Samoyedic language, but the exact origin is unknown. Yeniseian native terms are almost always monosyllabic, hence this term is probably a foreign borrowing.

Noun

*xiɟe (no plural)

  1. (time) spring

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: ɨede
      • Ket: ырь (ɨ̀rʲ) (Southern dialects), ыыдә (ɨ̀ːdə), ыыде (ɨ̀ːdʲɛ) (Central dialects), ыырьи (ɨ̀ːrʲi) (Northern dialects)
    • Yug: ыыʼть (ɨ̀ːˀtʲ)
  • Kottic:
    • Kott: îji (iːji), iij (iːj)
  • Arinic:
  • Pumpokolic:
    • Pumpokol: íde

See also

Seasons in Proto-Yeniseian (layout · text) · category
*xiɟe (“spring”) *siɬja (“summer”) *qogʷja (“autumn”) *tɬewtja (“winter”)

Further reading

  • Hill, Eugen, Fries, Simon, Korobzow, Natalie, Günther, Laura, Svenja, Bonmann (2024) “'spring'”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[1], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 223 of 216-293
  • Vajda, Edward, Werner, Heinrich (2022) “*ɯħdʲʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 1062-1063
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) “*xiɟe”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[2], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 404
  • Vajda, Edward (2024) The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[3], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 406
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002) “⁴ɨr'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 431
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005) “spring”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 324
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