Change viewing parameters
Switch to Russian version
Select another database

Yenisseian etymology :

Search within this database
\data\yenisey\yenet
Proto-Yenisseian: *bes-
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: index finger
Ket: bɛs-taq5 (Kur.)
Comments: The second part is *tǝʔq 'finger'. Werner 1, 116 (suggesting a connection with bɨʔś 'penis' or with *bǝs- 'widow, orphan' - both extremely dubious).
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-notes,

List with all references
Search within this database
Select another database

Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
114715313886451
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov