Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/dowŋ

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

Proto-Yeniseian numbers (edit)
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: *dowŋ
    Ordinal: *dowŋwasVŋʷ
    Adverbial: *dowŋpa
    Collective: *dowŋɟe

Alternative reconstructions

  • *doˀŋ, *doˀŋa (per Werner 2002 and Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *doŋ (per Cologne group 2023. Pattern: d.1-ŋ.1)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Numeral

*dowŋ (ordinal *dowŋ-was-Vŋʷ)

  1. (cardinal number) three, 3

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: dogom (Mes.; Bahta and Eed-Šeš dialects)
    • Imbak Ket: dóŋam (M., W., VW.), dóŋem (Kl.), domom (Ad.)
      • Ket: доӈ (dɔ̄ŋ), доʼӈ (dɔˀŋ)
        • ⇒ Ket: доӈаӈ (dɔ́ŋan, dɔ́ŋeŋ) (counting form used with animate nouns)
        • ⇒ Ket: доӈам (dɔ́ŋam) (counting form used with animate nouns)
    • Ostyak Yug: dóŋem (F., M.)
      • Yug: доʼӈ (dɔˀŋ)
        • ⇒ Yug: доӈе (dɔŋe) (counting form used with animate nouns)
        • ⇒ Yug: доӈеӈ (dɔŋeŋ) (counting form used with inanimate nouns)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: tóŋ'ä (M., W., Kl., VW., F.)
    • Kott: tóŋa (M., W., Kl., VW.), tonča (H.), tôŋa, tôŋaš (C.)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: t'oŋa (M., W., Kl., F.), t'uŋa, t'juŋa (VW.), tuːŋaː (Str.)
    • ⇒ Arin: tent'ag (H., “three, 3; predicative”)
  • Pumpokolic:

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

Further reading

  • Bonmann, Svenja; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Hill, Eugen (2023), “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[1], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 51 of 39-82
  • 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[2], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 272 of 216-293
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*dɔˀŋ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 213-217
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[3], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 440
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “dɔˀŋ (I)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 203
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “three”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 328
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