Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ide-

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

Reconstruction

Unproblematic, lowering in Buryat and Yugur, intrusive r in Mongghul, nasalization in Bonan and palatalization in Dongxiang are all well documented or regular.

Verb

*ide-

1. to eat

See also

• *uxu- (“to drink”)

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠢᠳᠡᠬᠦᠢ (ideküi)
  • Phags-pa: ꡝꡞ
    ꡊꡦ (ʾi-de)
  • Arabic: ايدا (ide-)
  • Chinese: 亦得 (yide-)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠢᠳᠡᠬᠦ (idekü)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: идэх (idex)
  • Ordos: /ide-/
• Kalmyk: идх (idx)
• Buryat: эдихэ (edixe)
• Khamnigan Mongol: idekü, idikü
• Daur: idgw
• East Yugur: ede
• Monguor:
  • Mangghuer: yidi, di
  • Mongghul: rde
• Bonan: nde
• Kangjia: ide
• Dongxiang: ijie
• Mogholi: idaku

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 374