Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/kajš

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

  • *kiˀs, *giˀs (per Werner 2002)
  • *giʔs, *gaʔs (per Starostin 1994-2005)[1]
  • *kʰaˀs, *kʰeˀs, *kʰiˀs (per Vajda-Werner 2022)
  • *xiʧ, *xic (per Cologne group 2023 (& 2024). Pattern: k.1-s.1)[2]

Etymology

Compared to Eyak kˀahš (“foot, lower leg, paw”) and Tlingit xʼaash (xˀàːš, “cheek of buttock”).[3]

Noun

*kajš (plural *kajš-Vŋ)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) shank, foot; leg
    Synonym: *butɬ

Descendants

  • Ketic:
    • Ket: киʼсь (kiˀsʲ)
    • Yug: киʼс (kiˀs)
  • Pumpokolic:
    • >? Jie: 劬禿當 (*gju.thuwk.tang /⁠*got-o-kt-aŋ⁠/, “They will catch him.”, literally “his foot, they will take”)
    • ⇒? Pumpokol: chatkàng (“footwear”) (M.)
  • ⇒ Proto-Yeniseian: *kajš-xʷak (“boots, footwear”, literally “foot-skin”)
    • Kottic:
      • Assan: bugor-édžan (M., W., Kl.), bugur-eča (“boots”) (Kl.)
      • Kott: hêča (M., W.), hêči (“shoe”) (C.), gečan (“boots”) (H.)
    • Arinic:
      • Arin: kɨzin (“footwear”) (H.), qisɨŋ (“boots”) (M.)
  • ⇒ Proto-Yeniseian: *kajš-adʳ (“sole of foot”, literally “foot-bone”)
    • Ketic:
      • Imbak Ket: kassa (“legs”) (mistranslation; M., W., VW., Kl.)
        • Ket: кассать (kāssatʲ) (Southern dialects), кашшать (kaššatʲ) (Central dialects)
    • Kottic:
      • Kott: hačar (C.)
  • ⇒? Proto-Yeniseian: *kajš-atɬ (“high”, literally “foot-half, pair”)
    • Kottic:
      • ⇒ Assan: hɨšaltu (Kl.)
      • Kott: hisal (C.)
    • Arinic:
      • ⇒ Arin: šhjámptu (M., Kl., W.), šhjamtu (W., VW.)

See also

  • Proto-Yeniseian entry guidelines § Bibliography

References

  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=396&root=config
  2. ^ Hill, Eugen; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Svenja, Bonmann (2024), “Coda-s.1”, 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 279 of 216-293
  3. ^ Twitchell, X̱ʼunei Lance (2020), Tlingit Online Dictionary, Juneau, Alaska: Independently published, supported by Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and the University of Alaska Southeast, →ISBN, page 240

Further reading

  • Bonmann, Svenja; Fries, Simon; Korobzow, Natalie; Günther, Laura; Hill, Eugen (2023), “Towards a New Reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian Sound System. Part I: Word-Initial Consonants”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics‎[2], number 5, Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, page 55 of 39-82
  • Fortescue, Michael; Vajda, Edward (2022), “77.) ~ *kawš”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 361
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*kʰas-aˀt”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 463
  • Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*kʰiˀs”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 467
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), “²kiˀs'”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 434
  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), “foot”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 297
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