Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/sidün

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Unproblematic, breaking found in some languages is secondary.

Noun

*sidün

tooth

Descendants

Middle Mongolian:
- Uyghur: ᠰᠢᠳᠦᠨ (sidün)
- Arabic:
  - Leiden manuscript: شِيْدُون‎ (/šidun/)
  - Muqaddimat: سيدون‎ (/sidun/), شيدوني‎ (/šiduni/, genitive)
  - Rasulid Hexaglot شدون‎ (/šidün/)
- Armenian: սիդուն (sidun) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
- Chinese: 失堵 (/šidu/) (Beilu Yiyu)
Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠰᠢᠳᠦ (sidü)
- Khalkha: шүд (šüd)
- Ordos: /ʃʉdʉ/
Kalmyk: шүдн (şüdn)
Buryat: шүдэ (šüde)
Khamnigan Mongol: shidü, sidü
Daur: shid
Eastern Yugur: shdin
Monguor:
- Mongghul: shdi
- Mangghuer: shudu
Baonan: rtung
Kangjia: shidüng
Dongxiang: shidun
Mogholi: sudun

References

Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 494
Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 728