Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/

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This Proto-Tungusic 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-Tungusic

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Alternative Reconstructions

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  • *mȫ (< *müö ?) (per Benzing)

Etymology

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Often compared with Mongolian мөрөн (mörön, river), Korean (mul, water), Goguryeo (*me, river; water) and Japanese (mizu, water). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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*mū

  1. water

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Jurchenic (Manchuic):
    • Jurchen: muke, 木克 (mu-ke)
  • Tungusic:

References

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  • Benzing, Johannes (1955) Die tungusischen Sprachen. Versuch einer vergleichenden Grammatik (Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse; 11) (in German), Wiesbaden: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz in Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag, page 24
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 548-549
  • Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 161.