Etymology of demonstrative and personal pronouns (Synja Khanty)

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).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás