Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/milutæ
Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan
editEtymology
editIn the controversial Nostratic hypothesis, this term is compared with Proto-Mongolic *möndele, Proto-Tungusic *mundukān. Whence also Mongolian молтогчин (moltogčin, “rabbit”) and Evenki мундука̄н (mundukān, “hare”).
Noun
edit*milutæ
Descendants
edit- Chukotkan
- Chukchi: мэлоталгын (melotalɣən)
- Koryak: миљутэ (milʲute)
- Kerek: миљӯтаӈа (milʲūtaŋa)
- Alutor: милют (milʲut), мильут (milʲut)
- Kamchatkan
References
edit- Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.
- Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 58.
- Starostin, G., “PEur. *möńdo” in starling database