Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/tuksakī

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 *tuksa- (“to run away”) +‎ *-kī (“animal suffix”).

Noun

*tuksakī

  1. (Northern Tungusic) hare
    Synonym: *tuksan

Descendants

  • Tungusic
    • Northern Tungusic:
      • Evenki: туксакӣ (tuksakī)
      • Negidal: туксаки (tuksaki)
      • Oroqen: tʊkʃakɪ
      • Solon: tulcaxi
  • ⇒? Middle Korean: 톳〮기 (thwóskì), *투ᄭᅵ〮 (*thwùskí)

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 67
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 208
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