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*Reduct syncope due to weak form-strong form 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)
*Completion of reduct mutation due to weak form-strong form dichotomy (*sineun ... > *sieun ... > *sin ...; *... sineun > *... (sin-)eun > *... eun)
Reduct syncope presently seems most likely.
Reduct syncope presently seems most likely. The change of ''*sineun > *(sin-)eun'' represents a reanalysis of ''*sineun'' as a compound containing ''*sin'' once ''*sin'' appeared as a contrastive word.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 15:05, 9 April 2014

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. The change of *sineun > *(sin-)eun represents a reanalysis of *sineun as a compound containing *sin once *sin appeared as a contrastive word.

Pronunciation

  • (Central) IPA: /ɵn/
  • (Northern) IPA: /ʊn/

Numeral

eun

  1. one

See also