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'''* | '''*sinɔ-s''', '''*sinɔn''' | ||
# one, single, (by extension) one's own nation | # one, single, (by extension) one's own nation | ||
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* Old Silōs: sinōs | * Old Silōs: sinōs | ||
** Modern Silōs: [[Contionary:silōs|silōs]], [[Contionary:Silōs|Silōs]], [[Contionary:Silōti|Silōti]] | ** Modern Silōs: [[Contionary:silōs|silōs]], [[Contionary:Silōs|Silōs]], [[Contionary:Silōti|Silōti]] | ||
* Old Carichendan: * | * Old Carichendan: *sineun | ||
** Modern Carichendan: sin, eun | ** Modern Carichendan: sin, eun (possibly, ''sin'' from syllabic apocope due to use as a proclitic, and ''eun'' from syllabic apheresis due to use as an enclitic; compare modern ''sin ranya'' "a book" versus ''ranya eun'' "one book"; proclitic use was likely an innovation to produce an indefinite article, through analogy with the placement of the demonstrative determiners, which ultimately yielded the definite pronoun ''ra'' "the") | ||
[[Category:Contionary]][[Category:Proto-Coelo-Caric]] | [[Category:Contionary]][[Category:Proto-Coelo-Caric]] | ||
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This entry contains reconstructed words 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-Coelo-Caric
Etymology
Noun
*sinɔ-s, *sinɔn
- one, single, (by extension) one's own nation
Descendants
- Old Silōs: sinōs
- Old Carichendan: *sineun
- Modern Carichendan: sin, eun (possibly, sin from syllabic apocope due to use as a proclitic, and eun from syllabic apheresis due to use as an enclitic; compare modern sin ranya "a book" versus ranya eun "one book"; proclitic use was likely an innovation to produce an indefinite article, through analogy with the placement of the demonstrative determiners, which ultimately yielded the definite pronoun ra "the")