Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/mede-

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

Verb

*mede-

1. to know

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠬᠦᠢ (medeküi)
  • Phags-pa ꡏꡦ
    ꡊꡦ (me-de-)
  • Arabic: ميدا (mede-)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠬᠦ (medekü)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: мэдэх (medex)
  • Ordos: /mede-/
• Kalmyk: медх (medx)
• Buryat: мэдэхэ (medexe)
  • Khamnigan Mongol: мэдэкү (medekü)
• Daur: medgw
• East Yugur: mede
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: mude
  • Mangghuer: miedie
• Bonan:
  • Qinghai: mide, mede
  • Gansu: made
• Kangjia: mede
• Dongxiang: mejie
• Mogholi: medaku, medeku
• Tungusic:
  • → Solon: мэдэми (mədəmi)
  • → Even: мэддэй (məddəj)
  • → Udihe: мэдэини (mədəini)
  • → Orok: мэддэвури (məddəvuri) / мэ̄дэвури (mə̄dəvuri)

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 442
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 563-564