oṭṭi

See also: otti and ótti

Nihali

Etymology

According to Kuiper (1966:78) Nihali oṭṭi is of unidentified origin. Within the controversial Nostratic theory, Kuiper suggests a Nostratic root *qot'U ("to burn") as the source of this word as well as Proto-Semitic *√x˖t˖w (“to be kindled, burn”), Proto-Indo-European *āt(ʰ)r-, Proto-Indo-European *āt(ʰ)ar-, Proto-Indo-European *Hʷet-, Proto-Indo-European *Hʷet˖r- (“fire”), and Proto-Altaic *ōti, *oot'a (“fire”).^[1] Alternately, Starostin & Ruhlen (1994) compare it to Proto-Yeniseian *χɔt (“to burn; fire”).^[2]

Verb

oṭṭi

to burn

References

↑ Mother Tongue: Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, Volumes 1-3. The Association, 1995: 65.
↑ Ruhlen, Merritt; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “Proto-Yeniseian Reconstructions, with Extra-Yeniseian Comparisons”, in On the Origin of Languages: Studies in Linguistic Taxonomy, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 74

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[1] Mother Tongue: Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, Volumes 1-3. The Association, 1995: 65.

[2] Ruhlen, Merritt; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “Proto-Yeniseian Reconstructions, with Extra-Yeniseian Comparisons”, in On the Origin of Languages: Studies in Linguistic Taxonomy, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 74