Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/dorugun

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Proto-Mongolic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps analyzable as *doru- +‎ *-gun. Also compared to Proto-Turkic *yorukan (badger, suslik) by EDAL.

Noun[edit]

*dorugun

  1. badger

See also[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Mongolian:
    • Khalkha Mongolian: дорго (dorgo)
    • Buryat: доргон (dorgon)
    • Kalmyk: зорхн (zorxn)

References[edit]

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1985) Mongolo-Tungusica (in German), Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, page 39
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 62