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===Noun===
===Noun===
'''*sino''', '''*sinɔ'''
'''*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: *sineu
* 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]]

Revision as of 03:19, 8 April 2014

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This entry contains reconstructed terms 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")