Etymology of demonstrative and personal pronouns (Komi-Permyak)

PP=Dem

PP=Dem: There is no distinction between personal pronouns and demonstrative pronouns.

(1)sijavelötćiś.
(s)hestudent
’(S)he is a student.’ (L. P.)

(2)etapondasijakań.
thisdogandthatcat
’This is a dog and that is a cat.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak the third person singular personal pronoun can be traced back to PFU * ’he/she’ (Lytkin‒Guljajev 1970: 257‒258, UEW I: 453‒454). The distal demonstrative pronoun has the same form as this personal pronoun (Bartens 2000).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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