Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/müire

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

From *müi- +‎ *-re. Compare Proto-Mongolic *möre, Mongolian мөр (mör). Compare also Manchu ᠮᡝᡳᡶᡝᠨ (meifen, “neck”) (< *müipǖn) (?).

Noun

*müire

  1. shoulder

Descendants

  • Northern:
    • Even: мӣрэ (mīrə), мирэ (mirə)
    • Evenki: мӣр (mīr)
    • Negidal: мийэ (mije)
    • Oroqen: mi꞉rə
    • Solon: мӣрэ (mīrə), мӣри (mīri)
    • → Daur: miir
  • Central:
  • South-Eastern:
  • South-Western:

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, pages 18, 74
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 538
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 207
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