Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/eǰen

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

Etymology

From an earlier *eden < *edin[1], borrowed from Proto-Turkic *ẹdi.[2]

Noun

*eǰen

  1. owner, possessor, master

Descendants

  • Middle Mongol: ᠡᠵᠡᠨ (eǰen)
    • Central Mongolic:
      • Classical Mongolian: ᠡᠵᠡᠨ (eǰen)
      • Written Oirat:
    • Daur: ejen
    • Southern Mongolic:
      • Shirongolic:
        • Dongxiang: edjen

References

  1. ^ Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2015), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 210
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41