Contionary:*sinɔ-

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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

  1. 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")