Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/sagdV

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

Reconstruction Notes

The letter "V" stands for both *a or *i.

Adjective

*sagda or *sagdi

1. old
2. old man

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᠰᠠᡴ᠋ᡩ᠋ᠠ (sakda)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: хагди (hagʒi)
    • Evenki: сагды (sagdi)
    • Negidal: сагды (sagdi)
    • Oroqen: ʃagdɪ
    • Solon: sagdī, saddī
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: сагди (sagdi)
      • Udihe: сагди (sagdi, “big”)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: сагди (sagʒi)
      • Orok: сагда (sagda)
      • Ulch: сагди (sagdi)

References

• Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 30
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 53