Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/küjüxün

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

Perhaps segmentable as *küjü +‎ -xün, the latter being a common ending in anatomical terms. As in *terixün (“head”).

Noun

*küjüxün

neck

Descendants

Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠨ (küǰügün)
- Arabic: كوجون‎ (küjün), كوجوون‎ (küjüün), كوجووون‎ (küjüwün) (Muqaddimat)
- Chinese: 苦出文 (kuchuwun) (Beilu Yiyu)
Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦ (küǰügü)
- Written: ᠬᠦᠵᠦᠭᠦᠦ (küǰügüü)
- Khalkha Mongolian: хүзүү (xüzüü)
- Ordos: /kʰʉd͡ʒʉː/
Buryat: хүзүү(н) (xüzüü(n))
- Khamnigan Mongol: күзүү(н)
Kalmyk: күзүн (küzün)
Daur: xujuu
East Yugur: güjüün
Monguor:
- Mongghul: guji
- Mangghuer: guji
Bonan: gujung
Kangjia: güjün
Dongxiang: ghuzhun, ghuzhen
Mogholi: kujun, kuzhun
(?) → Tuvan: күжү (küjü, “nozzle of the bellows”)

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