Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/erün

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

Has been connected to Proto-Nivkh *ərŋ (time) by Knapen[1], however, whether it was borrowed from Tungusic to Amuric or the other way around is unclear. Compare Nivkh ыр (ər), ырӈ (ərŋ).

Noun

*erün

  1. time

Declension

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: 額力 (erin /⁠e-li⁠/)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Evenki: эри (əri)
      • Negidal: эйун (ejun)
      • Solon: eri
    • Southern Tungusic:
      • Central:
        • Oroch: эли (eli)
        • Udihe: э̄ли (ēli)
      • South-Eastern:

References

  1. ^ Martijn G. T. M. Knapen (2021) “The oldest layer of Amuric-Tungusic lexical contacts”, in Diversity Linguistics[1], pages 91-92
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 463-464
  • 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 188.