Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/pub

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

  • *pʰəˀp, *puˀb, *puˀ (per Werner 2002)
  • *pʰɯˀb (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *pub, *pup (per Cologne group 2023 & 2024. Pattern: h.1-p.1)

Etymology

According to Werner (2002), composed of *pu (offspring) +‎ *-b (masculine noun class marker). This base stem *pu- can also be seen in Proto-Yeniseian *pun (daughter). According to Vajda-Werner (2022), the *pu- stem instead means "below, junior" or "small".

Noun

*pub (plural *pub-Vŋ)

  1. (sociology) son, male offspring
    Coordinate term: *pun (daughter, female offspring)

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: bhɨ:p, bɨp (b-hɨːp, b-ɨp, my son) (Ket б- (b-, bʲ-, first person possessive prefix))
      • Ket: хыʼп (hɨˀp)
    • Ostyak Yug: pɨvo
      • Yug: фыʼп (fɨˀp)
  • Kottic:
    • Assan: pup
      • Assan: kajfup (lamb) (cf. kaj (sheep))
    • Kott: fup, pup, pupo
      • Kott: pup (baby)
      • Kott: apup (child)

References

Further reading

  • Bonmann, Svenja; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Hill, Eugen (2023), “h.1 (Table 28 [cont.])”, in “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 71 of 39-82
  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “son (Table 4)”, 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 226 of 216-293
  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “Coda-p.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[3], 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)‎[4], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), “PY *u”, in 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 268
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*pʰɯˀb”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 601
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), “*pub”, 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 412
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[7], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 413
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “²hɨˀp”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 348
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “son”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 323