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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/hünegen

This Proto-Mongolic 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-Mongolic

Reconstruction

Most languages show *hünegen, the raising or disappearance of the middle vowel in some forms is likely secondary.

Etymology

Analyzable as *hüne- +‎ *-gen, with the second element recurring in other animal names.

Noun

*hünegen

  1. fox

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol:
    • Mongolian: ᠦᠨᠡᠭᠡᠨ (ünegen)
    • Arabic: هوناكان‎ (hünegen) (Muqaddimat), هُنْكانْ‎, هُُونْكان‎ (hüngen) (Leiden manuscript)
    • Armenian: հօնքան (hōnkʿan) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
    • Chinese: 伏捏革 (Beilu Yiyu), [script needed] (hunegen) (Secret History)
    • Phags-Pa: ꡜꡠꡟ (heu-) (text damaged)
  • Mongolian:
    • Classical: ᠦᠨᠡᠭᠡ (ünege)
    • Khalkha Mongolian: үнэг (üneg)
    • Ordos: /ʉnege/
  • Buryat: үнэгэ(н) (ünege(n))
  • Khamnigan Mongol: ünege(n)
  • Kalmyk: үнгн (üngn)
  • Daur: xunugw
  • East Yugur: hönegen, henegen
  • Monguor:
    • (?) Mangghuer: hundughai
    • Mongghul: finiga
  • Kangjia: fünigo
  • Dongxiang: funiegve, funiegven
  • Mogholi: eljigan

Further reading
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 369
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