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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ünixen

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Perhaps segmentable into *üni +‎ *-xen, the latter being an ending of a few other animal names.

Cognate with Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (uni, “ox”), and probably related somehow to Proto-Turkic *ingek, compare Turkish inek.

Noun

*ünixen

  1. cow

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • Middle Mongolian:
    • Uighur: ᠦᠨᠢᠭᠡᠨ (ünigen)
    • Arabic: اوناان‎ (üne'en), اونايان‎ (üneyen)
    • Armenian: ունէն (unēn) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
    • Chinese: 五你根 (ünigen) (Beilu Yiyu)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠦᠨᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ (üniy-e)
    • Khalkha: үнээ (ünee)
    • Ordos: /ʉneː/
  • Buryat: үнеэ(н) (ünjee(n))
    • Khamnigan Mongol: үнеэ(н)
  • Daur: unie
  • Eastern Yugur: niin
  • Monguor:
    • Mongghul: wunee
  • Bonan: unang
  • Kangjia: ünio
  • Mogholi: uinan

References
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 541
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