Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xedün

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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/xedün

This Proto-Tungusic 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-Tungusic

Etymology

Compare Proto-Mongolic *kei (“wind”), Mongolian хий (hij, “air”).

Noun

*xedün

1. wind

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: эдэ̇н (ədə̇n)
  • Evenki: эдын (ədin)
  • Negidal: [script needed] (ədin)
  • Solon: эдын (ədin)
• Central
  • Oroch: эди(н)
  • Udihe: эди
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: хэдун
  • Orok: хэду(н)
  • Ulch: хэду
• South-Central:
  • Jurchen: e-du, edun
    • Manchu: ᡝᡩᡠᠨ (edun)
  • Xibe: [script needed] (udun)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 438-439