Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ku̇kjamis
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This Proto-Permic 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-Permic
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Etymology
[edit]From *ku̇kja (“two”) + *-mis (“lacking from ten”). The origin of the suffix *-ja is debated:
- Serebrennikov (1963) proposes that *-ja is an ending of a lost locative case.[1]
- According to Lytkin (1970), possibly a leftover of a dual suffix, seen also in the plural suffix *-jas.[2]
- Honti (1993) claims that *-ja is identical to the denominal adjectivising suffix *-a, with an irregular iotation which prevented it from labialising in Udmurt.[3]
- Bartens (2000) states that it may be the adverbial case ending (preserved in Udmurt as -я (-ja))[4]
Equivalent to Proto-Finnic *kaktëksa (“eight”), itself also derived from *kakci (“two”).
Numeral
[edit]*ku̇kjamis
Descendants
[edit]- Komi:
- Udmurt: кыкъямыс (kykjamys) (obsolete)
From the syncoptic *kjamis:
References
[edit]- ^ B. A. Serebrennikov (1967) Историческая морфология пермских языков [Historical morphology of the Permic languages] (in Russian), page 221
- ^ Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “кӧкъямыс”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language][1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka
- ^ L. Honti (1993) Die Grundzahlwörter der Uralischen Sprachen. [The cardinal numbers in Uralic languages] (in German), Budapest, page 157
- ^ R. Bartens (2000) Permiläisten kielten rakenne ja kehitys. [The structure and development of the Permic languages] (in Finnish), page 143
Further reading
[edit]- Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “кӧкъямыс”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language][2] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka