Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/murin

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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

Possibly a loan from Proto-Mongolic *morïn, whence Mongolian морь (morʹ), Daur mori. Compare also Khitan 𘲜𘰣 (*m ri), Korean (mal), Japanese (uma).

Moreover, many mainland and Southeast Asian languages have words with similar shape and semantic affinity, such as Old Chinese (OC *mraːʔ), Tibetan རྨང (rmang) and Burmese မြင်း (mrang:) in the Sino-Tibetan branch (see Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-m-raŋ ~ s-raŋ for more) and Vietnamese ngựa, from Proto-Vietic *m-ŋəːʔ, in the Mon-Khmer branch. See also Proto-Indo-European *márkos, whence English mare and Irish marc.

Noun

*murin

  1. horse

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 558-559
  • Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 216.
  • Kane, Daniel (2009) The Kitan language and script (Handbook of Oriental Studies series, Section 8: Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 19), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 102