Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/öxer

This Proto-Mongolic 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-Mongolic

Alternative forms

• *öxen (possibly original, preserved only in Dagur)
• *öxesün
• *öxersün
• *öber

Etymology

From earlier *öpen as evidenced by variants in *öbe-.

Pronoun

*öxer

1. (reflexive) The reflexive pronoun.

Derived terms

• *-xan (reflexive suffix)
• *öxermice (“other”)

Descendants

• Middle Mongol: ᠥᠪᠡᠷ (öber), اوريياى (“ööriyeen”)
• Daur: weer
• Buryat:
  • Literary Buryat: өөр (öör), өөһэн (ööhen)
  • Khamnigan Mongol: eehun
• Oirat:
  • Kalmyk: эврән (evrän)
• Mongolian:
  • Khalkha Mongolian: өөр (öör)
  • Ordos: өөр (öör), өөс (öös)
• Shirongolic:
  • Bonan: orung
  • Dongxiang: orun

References

• Juha Janhunen, et al (2005) Juha Janhunen, editor, The Mongolic languages, Routledge