Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/biriken
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tungusic *biri- (“to lay planks”) + *-ken.
Noun edit
*biriken
Descendants edit
- Even: [script needed] (birken)
- Manchu: [script needed] (bireken)
References edit
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*biri-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill