Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/šig-

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 This Proto-Tungusic 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-Tungusic

Etymology

Compared to Proto-Turkic *sogï- (“to cool, get cold”), whence Turkish soğumak (“to cold, get cold”). Also compared to Korean 식다 (sikda, “to cold off”), by Altaicists. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*šig-

  1. to get cold, freeze
  2. to cold

Descendants

  • Jurchen: siuŋhun
  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Evenki: (čig-)

References

  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 389, 423
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*šig-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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