Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ǰerge

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

Noun

*ǰerge

1. row, rank

Descendants

• Buryat: зэргэ (zerge)
  • → Yakut: сэргэ (serge)
• Daur: [script needed] (jereg)
• Middle Mongol: ᠵᠡᠷᠭᠡ (ǰerge) (see there for further descendants)
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠡᠷᠭᠡ (ǰerge):
    • Mongolian::
      • Khalkha Mongolian: зэрэг (zereg)
      • Ordos Mongolian: [script needed] (jirge)
• Mongghul: or Mangghuer: džierge
• Written Oirat:
  • Kalmyk: зерг (zerg)
• East Yugur: [Term?] (jerɣe)

References

• 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 69