Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sian

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

Connected to Proto-Mongolic *sïnaxa (“temple, cheek”) by Ramstedt, compare Mongolian шанаа (šanaa).

Noun

*sian

1. ear

Descendants

• Northern
  • Evenki: се̄н (sēn)
  • Negidal: [script needed] (sēn)
  • Oroqen: ʃɛ:n
  • Solon: ше̄н (şēn)
• Central
  • Oroch: се(н)
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: сиан (sian)
  • Orok: се̄(н)
  • Ulch: се̄(н)
• South-Central:
  • Jurchen: šahah, šaa, 尚 (shang /⁠šang⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡧᠠᠨ (šan)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 70-71
• Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 314.