Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/aw

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 reconstruction

*ˀaw (per Werner 2002 & Vajda-Werner 2022)
*ˀu, *ukʌ, *ugʌ, *kV- (per Vajda-Werner 2022)

Etymology

Perhaps composed of *xʷa (generic pronoun base) +‎ *-w (fossilized second person singular suffix^?).

Pronoun

*xʷa-w (plural *aw-Vŋ)

you (singular), thee, second person singular pronoun

Descendants

Ketic:
- Imbak Ket: u (M., W., Ad.)
  - Ket: у (ūˑ)
- Yug: у (ūˑ)
Kottic:
- Assan: au (M., W.)
- Kott: au (M., W.)
Arinic:
- Arin: au (M., W.)
Pumpokolic:
- Pumpokol: úe (M., W.)

Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), “*aw/*aw-ŋʷ/*aw-ŋʷ-xa”, in 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 408
Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*a- (3)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 1
Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*ūˑ (1)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 962
Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 318
Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*ukʌ/*ugʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 979
Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 318