Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/mede-

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

Verb

*mede-

to know

Descendants

Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠬᠦᠢ (medeküi̯)
- Phags-pa ꡏꡦ
  ꡊꡦ (me-de-)
- Arabic: ميدا‎ (mede-)
Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠬᠦ (medekü)
- Khalkha Mongolian: мэдэх (medex)
- Ordos: /mede-/
Kalmyk: медх (medh)
Buryat: мэдэхэ (medexe)
- Khamnigan Mongol: мэдэкү
Daur: medgw
East Yugur: mede
Monguor:
- Mongghul: mude
- Mangghuer: miedie
Bonan:
- Qinghai: mide, mede
- Gansu: made
Kangjia: mede
Dongxiang: mejie
Mogholi: medaku, medeku
Tungusic:
- → Solon: мэдэми (mədəmi)
- → Even: мэддэй (məddəj)
- → Udihe: мэдэини (mədəini)
- → Orok: мэддэвури (məddəvuri) / мэ̄дэвури (mə̄dəvuri)

References

Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 442
Cincius, V. I. (1975) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 563-564