Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/milutæ

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan 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-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

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Etymology

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In 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

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*milutæ

  1. hare, rabbit

Descendants

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References

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  • 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.