Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/adʳ

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

  • *aˀt, *ˀaˀd, *xaˀd (per Werner 2002)
  • *aˀd (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *ad (per Cologne group 2024. Pattern: ?-t.3)

Etymology

Noun

*adʳ (plural *adʳ-Vŋ)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) bone
    Synonym: *qawg
Derived terms
  • *pugadʳ (tail, literally fluffy-bone)
  • *toɬadʳ (paw, literally low-bone)
  • *tɬadʳ (vulva, female genital organ, literally low-body part)
  • *ɢejnadʳ (arm, wing) (brachium-bone)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: at (Ad.)
    • Yug: аʼд (aˀd)
  • Kottic:
    • Kott: araŋan, araŋ (bones) (?) (Attested in the plural.)

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

Further reading

  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “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 240-241 of 216-293
  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “bone”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics[2], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 241 of 216-293
  • 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)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 269, 360, 361
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*aˀd”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 9-10
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*-ar”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 74
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[4], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 383
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), “*adʳ ~ -adʳ”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[5], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 412
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “aˀt (I, 2, n., Pl. ár'eŋ)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 86
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “bone”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 285