Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/ɢojqowɬVŋʷ

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.

This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Yeniseian

Alternative reconstructions

*kVmVL (per Starostin 1994-2005)^[1]
*qəlwesəŋ (per Khabtagaeva 2019)^[2]
*qʌɢaλʌŋ (per Vajda-Werner 2022)

Etymology

Composed of *ɢojq-owɬ (“bile-, gall-bladder”) +‎ *-Vŋʷ (adjectival suffix), literally, “bile-colored”.

Recorded Pumpokol terms point to a metathesized and reduced root, which can also be seen in Imbak Ket kɨalmas, reflecting *qowɬVŋʷ.

Adjective

*ɢojqowɬVŋʷ (adjectival suffix)

yellow, yellow-colored

Descendants

Ketic:
- ⇒ Imbak Ket: kagalɨŋbasam (“yellow”) (M., W., VW.)
- ⇒ Imbak Ket: kɨalmas (“green”) (Ad.)
  - Ket: ӄълей (qʌ́lɛj, “yellow”)^[3]

Pumpokolic:
- ⇒ Pumpokol: kómulsi (W.), kómulzi (VW.), komulsi (“green, blue”) (M.)

References

^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=432&root=config
^ Khabtagaeva, Bayarma (2019), Language Contact in Siberia: Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic Loanwords in Yeniseian (The languages of Asia series; 19)‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 335
^ Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 327