Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/sormusun

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

Alternative Reconstructions

• *sormïsun

Etymology

From *sormu- +‎ *-sun. The first element might be a compare to Proto-Tungusic *sarïmïkta (“eyebrow”), which was derived from *sarïmï. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*sormusun

1. eyelash

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Classical:
  • Khalkha Mongolian: сормуус (sormuus)
  • Ordos Mongolian: [script needed] (sormu:s(u))
• Oirat:
  • Kalmyk: сурмсг (surmsg)
• Buryat: [script needed] (hormohon)
• Mogholi: sormu

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 502.