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

1. (Tungusic) storm
2. (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