Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/muire

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

Compare Proto-Mongolic *möre, Mongolian мөр (mör).

Noun

*muire

1. shoulder

Descendants

• Northern:
  • Even: мӣрэ (mīrə), мирэ (mirə)
  • Evenki: мӣр (mīr)
  • Negidal: [script needed] (mĩjə)
  • Oroqen: mi꞉rə
  • Solon: мӣрэ (mīrə), мӣри (mīri)
  • → Daur: miir
• Central:
  • Oroch: мие
  • Udihe: мё (“neck”)
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: нгуйрэ (ŋujre), муйрэ (mujre)
  • Orok: мујрэ
  • Ulch: [script needed] (ŋujrə)
• South-Western:
  • Jurchen: meire
    • Manchu: ᠮᡝᡳᡵᡝᠨ (meiren)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 538
• Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 207