Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ʒegdegi-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*ʒegdī-, *degʒegi-

Etymology

From the causative form of *ʒegde- (“to burn”), (*ʒegde- +‎ *-gi).

Verb

*ʒegdegi-

(transitive) to set on fire, make it burn

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Jurchen: 得的黑 (dedihe- /⁠de-di-he⁠/)
  - Manchu: ᡩᡝᡳᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (deijimbi)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: дэгдэй (dəgdəj)
  - Evenki: дегды̄мӣ (ʒegdīmī)
  - Negidal: ӡегдэ- (ʒegde-)
  - Oroqen: dʒəgdə-
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: дегди- (ӡegdi-), дегдэ- (ӡegde-)
    - Udihe: дага- (daga-), ӡэгдэ- (ʒegde-)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: дегдичиури (ʒegʒičiuri)
    - Orok: дэгдэчи́вури (dəgdəčívuri)
    - Ulch: ӡэгдэчиву (ӡegdechiwu)

References

Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 122
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 281-282
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 346.