Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/cewç
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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
Etymology
Has been compared to Proto-Na-Dene *caj (“stone”). The final *-ç in Yeniseian is a singulative suffix that disappears in the plural.
Noun
*cewç
Descendants
- Northern Yeniseian:
- Southern Yeniseian:
References
- Vajda, E. (2024) The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics ; 10.1), volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, page 414: “*cew-ç”
Further reading
- Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353‒354: “*caj-s”