Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ünixen
Proto-Mongolic
editEtymology
editPerhaps segmentable into *üni + *-xen, the latter being an ending of a few other animal names.
Cognate with Khitan 𘭌 (*uni, “ox”), and probably related somehow to Proto-Turkic *ingek; compare Turkish inek.
Noun
edit*ünixen
Hypernyms
editCoordinate terms
editDescendants
edit- Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠦᠨᠢᠭᠡᠨ (ünigen)
- Arabic: اوناان (üne'en), اونايان (üneyen)
- Armenian: ունէն (unēn) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
- Chinese: 五你根 (ünigen) (Beilu Yiyu)
- Mongolian:
- Buryat: үнеэ(н) (ünjee(n))
- Khamnigan Mongol: үнеэ(н)
- Daur: unie
- East Yugur: niin
- Monguor:
- Mongghul: wunee
- Bonan: unang
- Kangjia: ünio
- Mogholi: uinan
References
edit- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 541