Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/elǰigen
Proto-Mongolic
editEtymology
editFrom the same source as Proto-Turkic *ešgek, presumably Proto-Turkic *eĺč-(gek) + *-gen.
Noun
edit*elǰigen
Descendants
edit- Middle Mongol:
- Arabic: ايلجيكان (eljigen) (Muqaddimat), ايلجكَنْ (eljigen) (Leiden manuscript)
- Chinese: 耳直革 (eljige) (Beilu Yiyu), [script needed] (quriqa(n)) (Secret History)
- Mongolian: ᠡᠯᠵᠢᠭᠡᠨ (elǰigen)
- Mongolian:
- Buryat: элжэгэ(н) (elžege(n))
- Khamnigan Mongol: iljigü(n), iljige(n)
- Kalmyk: элҗгн (eljgn)
- East Yugur: eljigen
- Monguor:
- Bonan:
- Kangjia: njige
- Dongxiang: enzhegve
- Mogholi: eljigan
- (?) → Manchu: ᡝᡳᡥᡝᠨ (eihen) (see for further Tungusic cognates)
- → Tuvan: элчиген (elçigen)
Further reading
edit- Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 328
- Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 98