< Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic

Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mundukān

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

  1. (Northern Tungusic) hare
    Synonyms: *tuksakī, *tuksan

Descendants
  • Tungusic:
    • North Tungusic:
      • Evenki: мундука̄н (mundukān)
      • Even: му̇нру̇ӄан (mu̇nru̇qan)
      • Negidal: [script needed] (monoxān)

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.