Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ebčexün

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

The first part is probably connected to Proto-Mongolic *ebür (breast, bosom), while the second to Proto-Mongolic *čexeǰi (chest) (whence Mongolian цээж (ceež)).

Noun

*ebčexün

  1. breastbone, sternum

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
    • Mongolian: ᠡᠪᠴᠡᠦᠨ (ebčeün)
    • Korean: 업진 (eopjin)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠡᠪᠴᠢᠭᠦᠦ (ebčigüü)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: өвчүү (övčüü)
    • Ordos Mongolian: /ɵbt͡ʃyːn/
  • Oirat:
    • Kalmyk: өпчүүн (öpçüün)
  • Buryat: үбсүү (übsüü)
  • Daur: erchuu
  • Qinghai-Gansu:
    • East Yugur: pejüün
    • Monguor:
      • Mangghuer: xijou
      • Mongghul: xijau, xjiu
    • Bonan: ebcang
    • Dongxiang: echen
    • Mogholi: ebcoun

References

  • Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 539.
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT.