Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/ǰajm-ɢujkʷ

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

  • *dam-quk (per Werner 2002, Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *dam-χuχ (per Starostin 1994-2005)

Etymology

Composed of *ǰajm (“arrow”) +‎ *ɢujkʷ (“hole”).

Starostin instead posits that the first part of the compound is a corrupted form of *dejVŋ (“eyes”) instead, but such an explanation would fail to reason the replacament seen in Yugh, given below.

Noun

*ǰajm-ɢujkʷ (plural *ǰajm-ɢujkʷ-Vŋ)

  1. (architecture) window, tent window

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: dö́mbok (M., W.)
    • Ostyak Yug: xám'uk (M., *ǰajm replaced with *ɢajm (“arrow”))
      • ⇒ Yug: хамгок (χāˑmgɔk) (C.)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: tamú (M., W., Kl.), tamuk (Kl.)
    • Kott: tamhúk (M., W., Kl.), tumak (H.), tamúk (C.)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: tímquj (M., W., Kl.), timkuj (H.)
  • Pumpokolic:
    • Pumpokol: dámkuk (W.), dámkyk (M.)

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

Further reading

  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “'hole'e”, 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 244 of 216-293
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*damquk”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 1, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 190
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “tamuk”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 236
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “xamgok”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 383
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “window”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 333
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