Universal 1930: personal indefinite is borrowed ⇒ impersonal indefinite is borrowed
Original
If there is a word-form loan of a personal indefinite in a language, then there is a word-form loan of an impersonal indefinite of the same indefiniteness function, too.
Standardized
IF there is a word-form borrowing of a personal indefinite, THEN there is a word-form borrowing of an impersonal indefinite of the same indefiniteness function, too.
Keywords
borrowing, indefinite pronoun, personal indefinte, impersonal indefinite
Domain
lexicon, morphology
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
mainly based on survey of Romani dialects (Indo-Aryan, IE), but also Aromunian (E. Romance, IE), Chamorro (W. Malayo-Polynesian), Saami (Finno-Ugric, Uralic), Swahili (Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo), Spanish (Romance, IE), Persian (Iranian, IE), Turkic languages, Dardic languages, Albanian (Albanian, IE), Kormakita Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) and others
