Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/küǰüxün

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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 segmentable as *küǰü +‎ *-xün, the latter being a common ending in anatomical terms. As in *terixün (head).

Noun

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*küǰüxün

  1. neck

See also

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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 435