Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/cïlaxun

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

Compared to Proto-Turkic *tiāĺ (“stone”) (Turkish taş, Chuvash чул (čul, “stone”)), Proto-Tungusic *ʒola (“stone”) (Evenki дёло (ʒolo, “stone”)), Korean 돌 (dol, “stone”) under the discredited Altaic hypothesis. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*cïlaxun

stone

Descendants

Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ (čilaɣun)
- Phags-pa: ꡅꡞ
  ꡙ
  ꡖꡟꡋ (č'i-l-'un)
- Chinese: 赤老文 (赤老文), 赤牢文 (čilaun, “stone, firestone”) (Beilu Yiyu)
Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ (čilaɣu)
- Khalkha Mongolian: чулуу (čuluu)
- Ordos: /t͡ʃʰilʊː/
Buryat: шулуу(н) (šuluu(n))
Khamnigan Mongol: čiluu(n), čuluu(n)
Kalmyk: чолун (çolun)
Daur: coloo
East Yugur: ciluu
Kangjia: cilo

References

Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 302

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