Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/tʳejkʷ

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

Has been compared to Proto-Na-Dene *tʳˀi()x (“vessel, boat”).

Noun

*tʳejkʷ

1. boat

Descendants

• Northern Yeniseian
  • Ket: тии
  • Yug: тии
• Southern Yeniseian:
  • Arin: taj
  • ⇒ Assan: ul-tḗj
  • Kott: tʰêg
  • Pumpokol: tɨg

References

• Vajda, E. (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 420: “*tʳejkʷ”

Further reading

• Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360: “*tʳejx”