Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/pigin
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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
From Proto-Tungusic *pigi- (“to blow”) + *-n.
Noun
*pigin
Descendants
- Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
- Evenki: (xigin)
- Negidal: (xiğin)
- South Tungusic:
- Udihe: (sii)
- →? Orok: (sii)
- Udihe: (sii)
- North Tungusic:
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*pigi-n”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill