Proto-Yenisseian: *h[e]j-
Meaning: island
Ket: ēje1, South. ēj1; pl. ɛjǝŋ5
Yug: ēj1
Kottish: hau- in hau-tu "Flussbusen"
Comments: ССЕ 230. On the Kott. compound see also under *tu. Werner 1, 272 <*eje>, saying: "m.E. kann kot. C hautu 'Flußbusen' hiermit nicht zusammengestellt werden" - although correspondences are regular enough (except for the vowel e/a, but this is a rather frequent alternation), and Kott. hau-tu is an exact match of Ket ei-tu id. Note that Werner seems somewhat confused about this etymology: in 2, 262 he treats -tu as = Ket tū 'back, place between shoulders' (although the latter historically has a *-G-, see *tuGV); and in 2, 309 he reproduces the match Ket eitu = Kott. hautu again, this time without any objections, and with the reconstruction *tu.
