Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/alima

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

From Common Turkic *almïla (*alïmla).

Noun

*alima

1. apple

Descendants

• Kalmyk: альмн (alʹmn)
• Middle Mongol: ᠠᠯᠢᠮ᠎ᠠ (alim-a)
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠢᠮ᠎᠎ᠠ (alim--a)
    • Mongolian: алим (alim)
    • → Salar: *alima

References

• Sanžejev, G. D., Orlovskaja, M. N., Ševernina, Z. V. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 45