DemNotPP: Personal pronouns and demonstrative pronouns are separate classes, and they are not etymologically related.
Personal pronoun 3rd person | Demonstrative pronouns | |||
Sg | luw | tami ‘this’ | tumi ‘that’ | śit ‘this, that’ |
Du | lin | tameŋǝn | tumeŋǝn | śitŋǝn |
Pl | lij | tamet | tumet | śitǝt |
(Onina 2009: 30‒31)
The Synja Khanty third person personal pronouns are etymologically not related to the demonstrative pronouns (UEW I: 453‒454, 505).