Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/kusǖn

This Proto-Tungusic 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-Tungusic

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *kusǖ- (“to fight”) +‎ *-n.

Noun

*kusǖn

1. fight
2. strength, power

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: [script needed] (xusun)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Evenki: [script needed] (kusīn)
    • Even: [script needed] (kusin)
    • Negidal: [script needed] (kusun)
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Udihe: [script needed] (kuhi)
    • South-eastern:
      • Orok: [script needed] (kusu(n))
      • Ulch: [script needed] (kusu(n))
      • Nanai: [script needed] (kusũ)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kusǖ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill