Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/tən

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tinä.

Pronoun

*tən

you, thou

Descendants

- Nganasan: тәнә (tənə)
Enets:
- Tundra Enets: [script needed] (toďi)
Selkup:
- Northern Selkup: тан (tan), тат (tat)
- Southern Selkup:
  - Narym Selkup: тат (tat)
  - Chulym Selkup: тан (tan)
Kamassian: тхан (tʰan)
Koibal: танъ
Mator: тӑнъ

References

Janhunen, Juha. 2013. "Personal pronouns in core Altaic". In: Robbeets, Martine; Cuyckens, Hubert (eds.) Shared Grammaticalization. With special focus on the Transeurasian languages. John Benjamins.
Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

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