Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/üile

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

Etymology

Compare Khitan 𘱆 (*ui)

Noun

*üile

work, deed, affair

Descendants

Middle Mongol:
- ᠦᠢᠯᠡ (üile)
- ꡝꡦꡟꡠꡙꡦ ("eué-le)
- اوىله (āwylh)
Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠦᠢᠯᠡ (üile)
- Khalkha Mongolian: үйл (üjl)
Buryat: үйлэ (üjle)
Daur: wəil
- Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳᠯᡝᠨ (weilen). Similarity between Daur and Manchu in this case may indicate borrowing in either direction.
Kalmyk: үүл (üül)
Monguor:
- Mongghul: ule
Bonan: welə

References

Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 539
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R. W. Fried (2010) A grammar of Bao'an Tu, a Mongolic language of northwest China.‎^[2], State University of New York at Buffalo, archived from the original on 25 July 2021.