Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kada

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

Possibly akin to Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“rock”) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (“rock”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kada

1. rock
2. cliff, ravine

See also

• *cïlaxun (“stone”)

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠳᠠ (qada)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠬᠠᠳᠠ (qada)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: хад (xad)
  • Ordos: /xada/
• Buryat: хада (xada, “mountain”)
• Khamnigan Mongol: xada (“mountain”)
• Kalmyk: хад (xad, “rock, cliff”)
• Daur: xad
• East Yugur: ghada
• Monguor:
  • Mangghuer: ghadang
  • Mongghul: ghada (“mountain”)
• Dongxiang: ghada

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 398