Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xerekī

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 *xere- +‎ *-kī. Possibly cognate with *xeregi- (“to quack; cry, weep”).

Noun

*xerekī

frog

Declension

Declension of *xerekī

	Singular
Nominative	*xerekī
Accusative	*xerekībe
Genitive	*xerekīŋī
Dative	*xerekīdüe
Locative	*xerekīlē
Ablative	*xerekīdiki
Prolative	*xerekīli
Elative	*xerekīgiʒi
Instrumental	*xerekīʒi
Delative	*xerekīlēki
Directive	*xerekītiki
Comitative	*xerekīgili

Descendants

Jurchenic:
- Manchu: ᡝᡵᡥᡝ (erhe)
Tungusic:
- Northern Tungusic:
  - Even: эрики (əriki)
  - Evenki: эрэкӣ (ərəkī), хэрэкӣ (hərəkī), хэрэ (hərə)
  - Negidal: эйэхӣ (ejexī), эйэкӣ (ejekī)
  - Oroqen: ərəki
- Southern Tungusic:
  - Central:
    - Oroch: э̄ки (ēki)
    - Udihe: э̄хи (ēxi)
  - South-Eastern:
    - Nanai: хэрэ (here)
    - Orok: хэрэ (xere)
    - Ulch: хэрэкэ (xereke)

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, pages 466-467