Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/nidurga

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 *ńudruk.[1] According to Clauson, the word is borrowed from Turkic.[2] However, the word can be derived from *nidu- (“to push, stretch”).[3]

Noun

*nidurga

  1. fist

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol:
    • Central Mongolic:
      • Classical Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠳᠤᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ (nidurg_a)
        • Mongolian: нударга (nudarga)
        • Buryat: нюдарга (njudarga)
        • → Manchu: ᠨᡠᠵᠠᠨ (nujan)
    • Southern Mongolic:
      • Shirongolic:
        • Monguor: нудурҕа
    • → Evenki: нидурга (ņidurga), нурга (nurga)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yumruk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1962), Turkish and Mongolian studies‎[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 228
  3. ^ Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2016), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 196
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