Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/kʷetʳ

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

  • *(k)əλə, *(dʲ)əλə, *əˀλ (“frog”) (per Werner 2002)
  • *xǝʔr-, *jVʔra (per Starostin 1994-2005)[1][2]
  • *ɮʌλʌ (for Pre-Proto-Yeniseian), *ʌˀl, *ʌˀλ, *(k)ʌˀλ, *(H)ʌλʌ (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *u̯ʌr₁, *wʌr₁, *gʷʌr₁ (per Cologne group 2023 & 2024. Pattern: ?-l.2)[3]

Etymology

Khabtagaeava (2019)[4] assumes Kott d'ira (“lizard”) (C.) and its variants to be borrowings from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan (“snake”). Vajda (2024) on the other hand argues against this in light of the regular sound correspondences between Proto-Yeniseian and Kottic.

Noun

*kʷetʳ (plural *kʷetʳ-ja-n)

  1. (zoology) frog, lizard

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Ket: ъ’ль (ʌˀlʲ, “frog”, singular), ътнь (ʌ̄ˑtnʲ, “frogs”, plural)[5]
    • Yug: ъ’л (ʌˀl, “frog”, singular), ътн (ʌ̄tn, “frogs”, plural)
  • Kottic:
    • Kott: d'ira, d'era (“lizard”, singular), d'etn, d'itn, d'erán (“lizards”, plural) (C.)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: kere (“frog”) (H.)
    • → Proto-Common Turkic: *kele-ŕ (“lizard”)[6]

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=763&root=config
  2. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=125&root=config
  3. ^ Fries, Simon; Bonmann, Svenja (2023), “The development of Arin kul 'water', Kott ûl, Ket ¹uˑl' Yugh ¹ur and its typological background”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, volume 5, number 2, pages 183-198
  4. ^ Khabtagaeva, Bayarma (2019), Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian (The languages of Asia series; 19)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 51
  5. ^ Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 424
  6. ^ Bonmann, Svenja; Fries, Simon (2025), “Linguistic Evidence Suggests That Xiōng-nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo-Siberian Language”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎[2], volume 0, →DOI, page 7, 9 of 1-24

Further reading

  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “'frog'd”, 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 263 of 216-293
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*(H)ʌλʌ > *(k)ʌˀλ/*ʌˀλ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 323
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*ɮʌλʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 490-491
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*ʌˀl (1)”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 1043
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), “*kʷetʳ-ja, *kʷetʳ-ja-n”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[4], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 421
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “²ʌˀl'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 415
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “frog”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 298
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