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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/casun

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

Reconstruction

Some Southern Mongolic forms derive from *cabsun, however this isn't supported by other sources.

Etymology

Commonly associated with *cïgaxan (“white”) and *caxalsun (“paper”).

Contains the *-sun suffix.

Noun

*casun

  1. snow

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol:
    • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠰᠤᠲᠤ (časutu, “snowy”) (+ *tu)
    • Arabic: جاسون (jasun) (Muqaddimat)
    • Chinese: 義速 (času) (Beilu Yiyu, with a scribal error)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠴᠠᠰᠤ (času)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: цас (cas)
    • Ordos: /d͡ʒasʊ/
  • Buryat: саһа(н) (saha(n))
  • Khamnigan Mongol: casu(n), casa(n), cahu(n)
  • Kalmyk: цасн (tsasn)
  • Daur: cas
  • East Yugur: jasin
  • Monguor:
  • Bonan:
    • Qinghai: jasung (Gnyan thog), cawsung (Xiazhuang)
  • Kangjia: casun
  • Dongxiang: chasun, zhasun, zhansun
  • Mogholi: cåsun

Further reading
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 299
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