Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/tergen
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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. |
Proto-Mongolic
Etymology
Perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *turki (“sleigh”) (Even турки (turki), Nanai токи (toki)), Nivkh т’у (tʼu) or Korean 달구지 (dalguji, “cart”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
*tergen
Descendants
- Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian:
- Kalmyk: тергн (tergn)
- Buryat: тэргэ(н) (terge(n))
- Khamnigan Mongol: terge(n)
- Daur: tereg
- East Yugur: tergen
- → Western Yugur: terɣen
- Monguor:
- Dongxiang: qierge, qiereigvan
- Tungusic:
- Turkic:
References
- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation), Utrecht: LOT, page 519
- Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 238
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill