Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/čïlaxun

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

Internal reconstruction points to earlier *čïlapun, potentially from an unknown verb *čïla-.

Traditionally connected to Turkic (cf. Chuvash чул (čul)) and Korean (cf. 돌 (dol)). However, according to Doerfer (1965), similarities to Proto-Turkic *tāĺ point to an early borrowing rather than inheritance. His argument is seconded by Vovin (2005), in his debunking of the "Altaic hypothesis".

Noun

*čïlaxun

  1. stone

See also

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ (čilaɣu)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: чулуу (čuluu)
    • Ordos: /t͡ʃʰilʊː/
  • Buryat: шулуу(н) (šuluu(n))
  • Khamnigan Mongol: čiluu(n), čuluu(n)
  • Kalmyk: чолун (çolun)
  • Daur: coloo
  • East Yugur: ciluu
  • Kangjia: cilo

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 437
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[2], Utrecht: LOT, page 302
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 466
  • Vovin, Alexander (2005): "The end of the Altaic controversy" [review of Starostin et al. (2003)]. Central Asiatic Journal volume 49, issue 1, pages 111-112.
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