Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ebcexün

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

The first part is probably connected to Proto-Mongolic *ebür (“breast, bosom”), while the second to Proto-Mongolic *cexeji (“chest”) (whence Mongolian цээж (ceež)).

Noun

*ebcexün

1. breastbone, sternum

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Uyghur: ᠡᠪᠴᠡᠦᠨ (ebčeün)
  • → Korean: 업진 (eopjin)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠡᠪᠴᠢᠭᠦᠦ (ebčigüü)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: өвчүү (övčüü)
  • Ordos Mongolian: /ɵbt͡ʃyːn/
• Oirat:
  • Kalmyk: өпчүүн (öpçüün)
• Buryat: үбсүү (übsüü)
• Daur: erchuu
• Qinghai-Gansu:
  • East Yugur: pejüün
  • Monguor:
    • Mongghul: xijau, xjiu
    • Mangghuer: xijou
  • Bonan: ebcang
  • Dongxiang: echen
  • Mogholi: ebcoun

References

• Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 539.
• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT.