Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ünixen

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

Perhaps segmentable into *üni +‎ *-xen, the latter being an ending of a few other animal names.

Cognate with Khitan 𘭌 (*uni, “ox”), and probably related somehow to Proto-Turkic *ingek; compare Turkish inek.

Noun

*ünixen

  1. cow

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠦᠨᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ (üniy-e)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: үнээ (ünee)
    • Ordos: /ʉneː/
  • Buryat: үнеэ(н) (ünjee(n))
    • Khamnigan Mongol: үнеэ(н)
  • Daur: unie
  • East Yugur: niin
  • Monguor:
    • Mongghul: wunee
  • Bonan: unang
  • Kangjia: ünio
  • Mogholi: uinan

References

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 541
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