Where does “Dene-Yeniseian” come from?
Dene-Yeniseian (English) comes from English Dene, from Middle English dene, from Latin dēnī, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
Dene-Yeniseian (English): A proposed language family linking the Na-Dene languages of North America and the Yeniseian languages of Siberia
Definitions
- A proposed language family linking the Na-Dene languages of North America and the Yeniseian languages of Siberia
Ancestry of “Dene-Yeniseian”, step by step
Dene-Yeniseian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dene | An Athabascan people of Canada, especially of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | dene | valley |
| 3 | Latin | dēnī | — |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via English Yeniseian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Yeniseian | A member of the original ethnolinguistic group... |
| 2 | English | Yenisei | the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia |
| 3 | Russian | Енисе́й | — |
| 4 | Evenki | Ионэсси | big water |