Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/casun
Proto-Mongolic
editReconstruction
editSome Southern Mongolic forms derive from *cabsun, however this isn't supported by other sources.
Etymology
editCommonly associated with *cïgaxan (“white”) and *caxalsun (“paper”).
Contains the *-sun suffix.
Noun
edit*casun
Descendants
edit- Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠰᠤᠲᠤ (časutu, “snowy”) (+ *tu)
- Arabic: جاسون (jasun) (Muqaddimat)
- Chinese: 義速 (času) (Beilu Yiyu, with a scribal error)
- Mongolian:
- Buryat: саһа(н) (saha(n))
- Khamnigan Mongol: casu(n), casa(n), cahu(n)
- Kalmyk: цасн (tsasn)
- Daur: cas
- East Yugur: jasin
- Monguor:
- Bonan:
- Kangjia: casun
- Dongxiang: chasun, zhasun, zhansun
- Mogholi: cåsun
Further reading
edit- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 299