Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xürgi-

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 the causative form of *xüre- (“to grow”), (*xüre- +‎ *-gi).

Verb

*xürgi-

1. (transitive) to raise, feed

Derived Terms

• *xürgise (“food, food supply”)

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᡠᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (ujimbi)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Even: иргэдэй (irgədəj)
    • Evenki: иргӣмӣ (irgīmī)
    • Negidal: игги- (iggi-)
    • Solon: irgi-
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: игги- (iggi-)
      • Udihe: игиси- (igisi-) (< *xürgisi- ?)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: хуйгиэри (xuygieri)

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 122
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 325-326