Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/hutasun

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

Reconstruction

Baoan and Kangjia languages have an unusual nasal initial.

Etymology

From *huta- +‎ *-sun. If the first element goes back to an earlier *puta-, then Manchu ᡶᡠᡨᠠ (futa, “rope, string”) is a (Para-)Mongolic borrowing.

Noun

*hutasun

1. thread

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Arabic: هُوتَاسُونْ (hutasun) (Rasulid Hexaglot)
  • Chinese: 忽答孫 (hudasun) (Beilu Yiyu)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠤᠲᠠᠰᠤ (utasu)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: утас (utas)
  • Ordos: /utas(u)/
• Buryat: утаhа(н) (utaha(n))
• Oirat:
  • Kalmyk: утсн (utsn)
• Qinghai-Gansu:
  • East Yugur: hdaasin, sdaasin
  • Monguor:
    • Mongghul: shdaasi, shdaaji
  • Bonan: ndasung
  • Kangjia: ndasun
  • Dongxiang: utasun, utasung
• →? Manchu: ᡶᡠᡨᠠ (futa)

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 366