Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/döligen

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *dölü-gen

Etymology

From an ancient dead verb *döli- +‎ *-gen. Compared to Proto-Turkic *töle-k (“tranquil, sedate, quiet”), Proto-Tungusic *dulu-m (“quite, peaceful, easy”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) The root verb is only found in Turkic. See dölenmek (“to calm down; to rest”).

Noun

*döligen

1. quiet
2. peaceful

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: [script needed] (dolüeyen)
  • Arabic: [script needed] (dolüeyen)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: [script needed] (döligen, dölügen)
  • → Buryat: [script needed] (dülgēn)
  • → Khalkha:[Term?] (dölgȫn)
• Central Mongolic:
  • Ordos: dölȫ(n)
• Western Mongolic:
  • Kalmyk: [script needed] (dölɛ̄n)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*döle-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• “dölenmek”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 4, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1969