Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/sidün

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, breaking found in some languages is secondary.

Noun

*sidün

1. tooth

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠳᠦᠨ (sidün)
  • Arabic:
    • Leiden manuscript: شِيْدُون (/⁠šidun⁠/)
    • Muqaddimat: سيدون (/⁠sidun⁠/), شيدوني (/⁠šiduni⁠/, genitive)
    • Rasulid Hexaglot شدون (/⁠šidün⁠/)
  • Armenian: սիդուն (sidun) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
  • Chinese: 失堵 (/⁠šidu⁠/) (Beilu Yiyu)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠰᠢᠳᠦ (sidü)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: шүд (šüd)
  • Ordos: /ʃʉdʉ/
• Kalmyk: шүдн (şüdn)
• Buryat: шүдэ (šüde)
• Khamnigan Mongol: shidü, sidü
• Daur: shid
• East Yugur: shdin
• Monguor:
  • Mangghuer: shudu
  • Mongghul: shdi
• Baonan: rtung
• Kangjia: shidüng
• Dongxiang: shidun
• Mogholi: sudun

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 494
• Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 728