Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/degʒegi-

This Proto-Tungusic 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-Tungusic

Etymology

From the causative form of *degʒe-, (*degʒe- +‎ *-gi).

Has been compared to Proto-Turkic *yak- (“to burn (tr.)”) and Proto-Japonic *yaku (“to burn”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*degʒegi-

1. (transitive) to burn

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 得的黑 (dedihe- /⁠de-di-he⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡩᡝᡳᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (deijimbi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: дэгдэй (dəgdəj)
    • Evenki: дегды̄мӣ (ʒegdīmī)
    • Negidal: ӡегдэ- (ʒegde-)
    • Oroqen: dʒəgdə-
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: дегди- (ӡegdi-), дегдэ- (ӡegde-)
      • Udihe: дага- (daga-), ӡэгдэ- (ʒegde-)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: дегдичиури (ʒegʒičiuri)
      • Orok: дэгдэчи́вури (degdechiwuri)
      • Ulch: ӡэгдэчиву (ӡegdechiwu)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 281-282
• Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 346.