Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/čïno

This Proto-Mongolic 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-Mongolic

Etymology

Vovin connects with Tuoba 叱奴 (tsyhit-nu /⁠*čino⁠/).[1]

Noun

*čïno

  1. wolf

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
    Hanzi Script: 赤那 (chì-nà /⁠činō⁠/) (Secret History), 赤奴 (chì-nú /⁠čino⁠/) (Beilu Yiyu)
    Arabic Script: جَنَا (janā /⁠čanā, čana⁠/) (Kitab-i Tarjuman), جینا (jynʾ /⁠čina⁠/) (Rasulid Hexaglot)
    • Central Mongolic:
      • Classical Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠨᠤ᠎ᠠ (činu_a)
      • Written Oirat:
    • Southern Mongolic:
      • East Yugur: čəna
      • Shirongolic:
  • Mogholi: [script needed] (čino)

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2007), “Once Again on the Tabghach Language”, in Mongolian Studues XXIX‎[1]

Further reading

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[2], Utrecht: LOT, page 303
  • Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2015), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 146
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