Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ximügse

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

Derived from *ximü- (“to smear (with fat); to melt”).

Noun

*ximügse

1. fat, oil

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 亦猛吉 (imenggi /⁠i-meng-gi⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡳᠮᡝᠩᡤᡳ (imenggi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: имсэ̇ (imsə̇)
    • Evenki: имӯксэ (imūksə)
    • Negidal: имуксэ (imukse)
    • Solon: imukče, imučče
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: имуксэ (imukse)
      • Udihe: имо̂ (imô)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: симуксэ (simukse)
      • Orok: симурэ (simure)
      • Ulch: симсэ (simse)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 313-314
• 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 340.