Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/butɬ

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

  • *būˑl (per Khabtagaeva 2019[1] and Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *bul, *buɬ (per Fortescue-Vajda 2022)
  • *butɬ-ja (per Vajda 2024)
  • *bul, *buð (per Cologne group 2023 & 2024. Pattern: b.1-l.1)

Etymology

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Noun

*butɬ (plural *butɬ-Vŋ)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) leg
    Synonym: *kajš
Derived terms
  • *butɬowɬ (stockings, literally foot-covering)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: bul' (Ad.)
      • Ket: буль (būˑlʲ)
      • Ket: бул-буль (būˑl-bulʲ, sledrunner's brace)
      • Ket: кентибуль (kɛ́ntibulʲ, shoulder blade, literally arm-head-foot)
    • Yug: буль (būˑlʲ)
      • Yug: кентыбул (kɛntɨbul, shoulder joint, literally arm-head-foot)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: puláŋ (M., W., Kl., VW.), pulan (feet) (Kl.; plural)
    • Kott: pul (foot) (H., C.; singular), pulaŋ (feet) (M., W., Kl., VW., H., C.; plural)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: pil (M., W., Kl., VW.), a-pil (H.)
  • Pumpokolic:
    • Pumpokol: bulún (to go) (W.)
Proto-Yeniseian: *butɬowɬ (stockings)
  • Ketic:
    • Ket: булёль (bulʲɔ́lʲ) (singular), булёлиӈ (bulʲɔ́lʲiŋ) (plural)[2]
      • Ket: булёльт (búlʲɔlʲt, stockings of chamois leather)
    • Ostyak Yug: búlol (M.)
      • Yug: булол (búlol) (singular), булолъӈ (búlolʌŋ) (plural)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: polédžan (M., W., Kl.)
    • Kott: poléčaŋ (M., W.), poléčan (Kl.)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: proroŋ (M., W., Kl.)[3]

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Khabtagaeva, Bayarma (2019), Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian (The languages of Asia series; 19)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 335
  2. ^ Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 132
  3. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “proroŋ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 535

Further reading

  • Bonmann, Svenja; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Hill, Eugen (2023), “'leg, foot'”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics[2], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 46 of 39-82
  • Bonmann, Svenja; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Hill, Eugen (2023), “b.1 (Table 28)”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics[3], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 70 of 39-82
  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “Coda-l.1 (Table 21)”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics[4], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 279 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)‎[5], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*būˑl (1, 2)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 1, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 164
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), “*butɬ-ja”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[6], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 391
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “¹buˑl'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 153
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “foot”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 297