Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xirkēkǖn

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 *xir- +‎ *-kē +‎ *-kǖn.

The original meaning explained as (“newborn animal”) by EDAL.

Adjective

*xirkēkǖn

1. new

   Synonyms: *nebi, *imekin

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Jurchen: 亦車 (ice /⁠i-če⁠/)
    • Manchu: ᡳᠴᡝ (ice)
• Tungusic:
  • North Tungusic:
    • Evenki: иркэкӣн (irkəkīn)
    • Negidal: искэкӣн (iskekīn), ихихӣн (ixixīn)
    • Solon: irkexi(n)
    • Oroqen: irkəkin
  • South Tungusic:
    • Central:
      • Oroch: иккахи (ikkaxi)
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: сикӯн (sikūn)
      • Orok: ситэу (siteu)
      • Ulch: сичэу(н) (sičeu(n))

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 18
• Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 327-328
• Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 173.