Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/üile

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

Compare Khitan 𘱆 (*ui)

Noun

*üile

1. work, deed, affair

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • ᠦᠢᠯᠡ (üile)
  • ꡝꡦꡟꡠꡙꡦ ("eué-le)
  • اوىله (āwylh)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠦᠢᠯᠡ (üile)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: үйл (üjl)
• Buryat: үйлэ (üjle)
• Daur: wəil
  • Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳᠯᡝᠨ (weilen). Similarity between Daur and Manchu in this case may indicate borrowing in either direction.
• Kalmyk: үүл (üül)
• Monguor:
  • Mongghul: ule
• Bonan: welə

References

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 539
• R. W. Fried (2010) A grammar of Bao'an Tu, a Mongolic language of northwest China.‎^[2], State University of New York at Buffalo, archived from the original on 25 July 2021.