Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/tergen

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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

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Etymology

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Perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *turki (sleigh) (Even турки (turki), Nanai токи (toki)), Nivkh т’у (tʼu) or Korean 달구지 (dalguji, cart). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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*tergen

  1. cart

Descendants

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References

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  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 519
  • Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 238
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill