Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/mundukān

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

Analyzable as *mundu- +‎ -kān. Compared to Proto-Mongolic *mönde-le. Whence also Mongolian мөндөл (möndöl, “young of a tarbagan”), молтогчин (moltogčin).

Noun

*mundukān

1. (Northern Tungusic) hare

   Synonyms: *tuksakī, *tuksan

Descendants

• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Evenki: мундука̄н (mundukān)
    • Even: му̇нру̇ӄан (mu̇nru̇qan)
    • Negidal: [script needed] (monoxān)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 556
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*mundukān”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill