Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/pigin

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

(Tungusic) storm
(Tungusic) wind

Descendants

Tungusic:
- North Tungusic:
  - Evenki: [script needed] (xigin)
  - Negidal: [script needed] (xiğin)
- South Tungusic:
  - Udihe: [script needed] (sii)
    - →? Orok: [script needed] (sii)

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

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