Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mundukān
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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
Analyzable as *mundu- + -kān. Compared to Proto-Mongolic *mönde-le. Whence also Mongolian мөндөл (möndöl, “young of a tarbagan”), молтогчин (moltogčin).
Noun
*mundukān
Descendants
- Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
- Evenki: мундука̄н (mundukān)
- Even: му̇нру̇ӄан (mu̇nru̇qan)
- Negidal: (monoxān)
- North Tungusic:
References
- Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 556
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*mundukān”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill