Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/čerig

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

Cognate to Proto-Turkic *čerig. The direction of the loan is unclear[1]

Noun

*čerig

  1. army

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
    Phags-pa script: ꡅꡠ
    ꡘꡞꡂ
    (čʼe-rig /⁠čerig⁠/)
    • Central Mongolic:
    • Daur: [Term?] (/⁠celle⁠/)
    • Southern Mongolic:
      • Shirongolic:
        • Mongghul: [Term?] (/⁠qirig⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çeri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT