Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/bes

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

  • *beˀt, *beˀs (per Werner 2002)
  • *beʔč, *beʔs (per Starostin 1994-2005)

Etymology

Noun

*bes (plural *bes-Vŋ)

  1. (zoology) hare, rabbit
    Synonym: *tajcVŋʷše (literally “white-one”)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: bhees (Mes.; Eed-Šeš dialect)
    • Imbak Ket: bes, bäs (M., W., Kl.)
    • Ostyak Yug: bes (M.)
  • Kottic:
  • Arinic:
    • ⇒ Arin: sájpič (“bat”, literally “night-hare”) (M., W., Kl.)
  • Pumpokolic:

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

Further reading

  • 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)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*beˀs”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 128
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), 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 412
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “(2) bɛˀs' (f., Pl. bɛs'n)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 119
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “hare”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 301
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