Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/hon

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Cognate with Khitan 𘮗 (*po /⁠po⁠/, “time”).

*hon

1. (the duration of a) year

   Coordinate terms: *ǰil (“ year”), *nasun (“year ”)

• Middle Mongol: ᠣᠨ (on)
  • Daur: hoon
  • Central Mongolic:
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠣᠨ (on)
      • Buryat: он (on)
      • Mongolian: он (on)
    • Khamnigan Mongol: он
    • Kalmyk: он (on)
  • Southern Mongolic:
    • East Yugur: hon
    • Shirongolic:
      • Bonan: xoŋ
      • Dongxiang: xon
      • Kangjia: hon, huŋ
      • Monguor:
        • Mangghuer: xon
        • Mongghul: fon
• → Manchu: ᡶᠣᠨ (fon, “time”)

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 359: “*hon”
• Vajda, E. (2024) The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics ; 10.1)‎, volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 111: “*xo.n”