Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/šiker

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

*šikir (most attestations are ambiguous, but both of these forms are present in pre-Classical Mongolian)

Etymology edit

Probably transmitted via a Turkic language from Persian (šakar), ultimately from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).

Noun edit

*šiker

sugar

Descendants edit

Buryat: шэхэр (šexer)
East Yugur: shigir
Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ (sikir), ᠰᠢᠬᠡᠷ (siker), ᠴᠢᠬᠢᠷ (čikir)
  - Khalkha: чихэр (čixer)
    - → Southern Altai: чикир (čikir)
    - → Tuvan: чигир (çigir)
  - Jerim: /ʃixər/
  - Juu Uda:
    - Baarin: /ʃixər/
    - Aru Khorchin: /t͡ʃʰixər/
  - Ulan Tsab: /t͡ʃixər/, /t͡ʃʰixər/
  - Shilingol: /t͡ʃixər/
  - Ordos: /ʃikxər/
- → Arabic: شيكر (šiker, šikir)
- → Chinese: 扯克兒／扯克儿 (čeker) (Beilu Yiyu)
- → Uyghur: شېكەر (shëker)
Written Oirat:
- Kalmyk: шикр (şikr)
  - → Kalmyk: шикр-балта (şikr-balta)
  - → Southern Altai: шикир (šikir)

References edit

Apatóczky Ákos Bertalan: Yiyu. The deciphering of a sixteenth century Sino-Mongolian glossary page 84, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006