Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔas- (~x-)
Meaning: wild deer, wild animal
Ket: aśśeĺ6, pl. aśśen6; assan-o6 'to hunt (animals)'
Yug: atčɛ:hr4, pl. atčen5,6
Kottish: ačánše, *ačaŋši, g. -ša, pl. -šīn "elk"
Comments: ССЕ 184. Ket and Yug reflect a compound *ʔas-sēr1e (see *sēr1e). In Kottish the word is formally analyzed as "the one being caught" (see *čɔŋ- "catch"), but this is most probably a result of secondary contamination. The analysis of the Ket/Yug form as "God's deer" (Werner 1, 65) seems quite artificial.
