Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ebčexün
Proto-Mongolic
editEtymology
editThe first part is probably connected to Proto-Mongolic *ebür (“breast, bosom”), while the second to Proto-Mongolic *čexeǰi (“chest”) (whence Mongolian цээж (ceež)).
Noun
edit*ebčexün
Descendants
edit- Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian:
- Oirat:
- Kalmyk: өпчүүн (öpçüün)
- Buryat: үбсүү (übsüü)
- Daur: erchuu
- Qinghai-Gansu:
References
edit- Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 539.
- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)[1], Utrecht: LOT.