Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/on

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)
 ←  6 7 10  → 
    Cardinal: *on
    Ordinal: *onwasVŋʷ
    Adverbial: *onpa
    Collective: *onɟe

Alternative reconstructions

  • *oˀənə (per Werner 2002)
  • *ʔoʔn (per Starostin 1994-2005)[1]
  • *ɔˀn (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *on (per Cologne group 2024. Pattern: X-n.1)

Etymology

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

Numeral

*on (ordinal *on-was-Vŋʷ)

  1. (cardinal number) seven, 7

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Imbak Ket: oːnem (Mes.; Eed-Šeš dialect)
    • Imbak Ket: ónam, oːnham (M., W.), ɛnham, enham
      • Ket: оʼн (ɔˀn)
      • Ket: онсь (ɔnsʲ, counting form)
    • Ostyak Yug: onse, onze (F., M.)
      • Yug: оʼн (ɔˀn)
      • Yug: онсе (ɔnsɛ, counting form)
  • Arinic:
    • Arin: ɨn'a (M., VW., Kl., F., W.), una (Str.), un'a (H.)
  • Pumpokolic:
    • Pumpokol: ónjang (M.), on'aŋ (Kl., W., VW.)

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

References

Further reading

  • Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “'7'b”, in “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics[1], number 6, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 270 of 216-293
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*ɔˀn”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 518
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), “*on”, in 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
  • 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), “²ɔˀn”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 48
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “seven”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 320