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 edit

Etymology edit

Analyzable as *mundu- +‎ -kān. Compared to Proto-Mongolic *mönde-le. Whence also Mongolian мөндөл (möndöl, “young of a tarbagan”), молтогчин (moltogčin).

Noun edit

*mundukān

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

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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