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Carichendan
Etymology
From Old Carichendan *sineun, from Proto-Coelo-Caric *sinɔn, from Proto-Sinos-Koelic *sɪnʊ. Cognate to Silōs silōs ("one", "sole"), Sinushyeinametiniq sinüss ("one").
The Old Carichendan word also yielded sin, and the development which led to these two forms is uncertain and involved a dichotomy of function between a numeral and an indefinite article. There are at least four possibilities:
- Syllable deletion due to premodifier-postmodifier dichotomy (*sineun ... > *sin ...; *... sineun > *... eun)
- Reduct syncope due to premodifier-postmodifier dichotomy (*sineun ... > *sin(n) ...; *... sineun > *... (sin-)eun > *... eun)
- Reduct syncope due to weak form-strong form dichotomy (*sineun ... > *sin(n) ...; *... sineun > *... (sin-)eun > *... eun)
- Completion of reduct mutation due to weak form-strong form dichotomy (*sineun ... > *sieun ... > *sin ...; *... sineun > *... (sin-)eun > *... eun)
Reduct syncope presently seems most likely.
Pronunciation
Numeral
eun
- one