Standard Lemma guide

Proto-Yeniseian

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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name

Meaning 2

The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Yeniseian languages spoken in central Siberia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

A person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Yenisei Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Yeniseian English Proto-Yeniseian From proto- + Yeniseian.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: proto-ienisseïen — pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it
  • French: Proto-ienisseïenne — pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it
  • Polish: prajenisejski — pertaining to the Proto-Yeniseian language, or the people who spoke it
  • French: proto-ienisseïen — ancestor language of Yeniseian languages
  • Polish: język prajenisejski — ancestor language of Yeniseian languages
  • French: Proto-ienisseïen — person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseain language
  • French: Proto-ienisseïenne — person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseain language
  • Polish: Prajenisej — person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseain language
  • Polish: Prajenisejka — person who spoke the Proto-Yeniseain language