Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ünixen

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

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

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

Noun

*ünixen

1. cow

Hypernyms

• *hüker (“bovine, ox”)

Coordinate terms

• *buka (“bull”)

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: 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 Mongolian: үнээ (ünee)
  • Ordos: /ʉneː/
• Buryat: үнеэ(н) (ünjee(n))
  • Khamnigan Mongol: үнеэ(н)
• Daur: unie
• East Yugur: niin
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: wunee
• Bonan: unang
• Kangjia: ünio
• Mogholi: uinan

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 541