Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔese (~x-)
Meaning: (fish) scales
Ket: iśaŋ (КРС), (Кастр.) ieseŋ, (Донн.) jes: iẹ̀s̀, pl. iẹ̀s̀ǝŋ [W.: īśa / īśe, pl. -ŋ]
Yug: ise, pl. isɨŋ [W.]
Kottish: ēči, pl. ēčaŋ
Comments: ССЕ 188. In Ket the root was influenced by īś 'fish', from which it is historically quite separate (cf. in Kottish ēči 'scales' vs. īči 'meat' = Ket. īś, see *ʔise). Werner 1, 396.
