Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/heligen

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

*heligen

1. liver

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠯᠢᠭᠡᠨ (eligen)
  • Arabic:
    • Leiden manuscript: هَلكان, هَيْلَكَهْ
    • Muqaddimat: ايليكان
    • Rasulid Hexaglot هيلكيه (corrected as هيليكه* (/⁠helige⁠/))
  • Chinese:
    • Beilu Yiyu: 黑里葉 (hei-li-ye) (corrected as *黑里革 (/⁠helige⁠/))
    • Secret History: [Term?] (/⁠helige(n)⁠/)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠡᠯᠢᠭᠡ (elige)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: элэг (eleg)
  • Ordos: /elege/
• Kalmyk: элкн (elkn)
• Buryat: эльгэ(н) (elʹge(n))
• Khamnigan Mongol: ilige(n), elige(n), iligü(n)
• Daur: xeleg
• East Yugur: helegen
• Monguor:
  • Mangghuer: [Term?] (harge)
  • Mongghul: halige, haliga
• Bonan: hilge
• Mogholi: ilkan (“heart”)

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 353
• Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 257