Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ünixen

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 into *üni +‎ *-xen, the latter being an ending of a few other animal names.

Cognate with Khitan 𘭌 (uni, “ox”), and probably related somehow to Proto-Turkic *ingek, compare Turkish inek.

Noun

*ünixen

cow

Hypernyms

*hüker (“bovine, ox”)

Coordinate terms

*buka (“bull”)

Descendants

Middle Mongol:
- Mongolian: ᠦᠨᠢᠭᠡᠨ (ünigen)
- Arabic: اوناان‎ (üne'en), اونايان‎ (üneyen)
- Armenian: ունէն (unēn) (Kirakos Gandzaketsi)
- Chinese: 五你根 (ünigen) (Beilu Yiyu)
Mongolian:
- Classical: ᠦᠨᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ (üniy'e)
- Khalkha Mongolian: үнээ (ünee)
- Ordos: /ʉneː/
Buryat: үнеэ(н) (ünjee(n))
- Khamnigan Mongol: үнеэ(н)
Daur: unie
East Yugur: niin
Monguor:
- Mongghul: wunee
Bonan: unang
Kangjia: ünio
Mogholi: uinan

References

Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 541