Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/Huλ

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

Etymology

An etymological monomorpheme, but see § Reconstruction notes.

Noun

*Huλ

  1. water (inorganic liquid)

Reconstruction notes

  • Despite SLDB (*xur₁ “water” ~ *xur “rain”), TGLD (idem.) and LaLoNA (*xuɬ “water” ~ *xur “rain”), there is no need to assume a phonemic distinction between Proto-Yeniseian *Huλ (water) and Proto-Yeniseian *Huλ(-es) (rain ← wet-sky).[1]

Alternative reconstructions

  • *xur₁ (SLDB, TGLD; 1982-2013)
  • *(k)uλ ~ *(k)uλə (VWdJS, 2002)
  • *xuɬ (LaLoNA, 2024)

Descendants

  • Arinic:
    • Arin: kul (kul)
  • Ketic:
  • Kottic:
    • Kott: ûl (uːl)
  • Pumpokolic:

References

  1. ^ Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Bonmann, Svenja (2024), “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part II: Word-Final Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, number 6, Köln: Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 266-267 of 216-293

Further reading

  • https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=776&root=config
  • https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100%2Fyen%2Fyen&first=1&off=&text_word=water&method_word=equal&sort=number
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 378
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, page 276
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 322
  • Vajda, Edward (2024), The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎[1], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 391
  • For descendants and historical sources:
    • Pallas, Peter S. (1786, 1789), Schnoor, Iohannis C., editor, Linguarum Totius Orbis Vocabularia Comparativa (Pars Prior et Pars Secundae) (in Russian), volume 1 + 2, Petropoli [St. Petersburg]
    • Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 195-227
    • Toporov, Vladimir Nikolajevich (1968), “Материалы к срабнительно-исторической фонетике Енисейских языков. 1. Аринско-Енисейские соответствия”, in Ivanov, Vjacheslav Vselodovich, Toporov, Vladimir Nikolajevich, Uspenskij, Boris Andreevich, editors, Кетский Сборник 1: Лингвистика, Moscow: Nauka, pages 286-292
    • Werner, Heinrich K. (2012), Vajda, Edward J., editor, Dictionary of the Yugh language (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 47), Muenchen: Lincom GmbH, →ISBN
    • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, volume 1 + 2, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN