Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/dorugun

Proto-Mongolic

Etymology

Perhaps analyzable as *doru- +‎ *-gun. Also compared to Proto-Turkic *yorukan (“badger, suslik”) by EDAL.

Noun

*dorugun

1. badger

See also

• *borki (“old badger”)

Descendants

• Mongolian:
  • Khalkha Mongolian: дорго (dorgo)
  • Buryat: доргон (dorgon)
  • Kalmyk: зорхн (zorxn)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 39
• Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 62