Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/koš

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

Borrowed from Proto-Turkic *koš

Noun

*koš

1. pair, double

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:

  Hanzi script: 房子 (/⁠*qoš⁠/) (Secret History of the Mongols), [Term?] (/⁠qoš⁠/) (Huayi yiyu)

  Arabic script: [Term?] (/⁠qoš⁠/) (Muqaddimat al-Adab)

  • Central Mongolic:
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠣᠰ (qoos)
      • Mongolian: хос (xos)
      • Buryat: хос (xos)
    • Written Oirat:
      • Kalmyk: хос (xos)
  • Southern Mongolic:
    • ⇒ Shirongolic: [Term?] (“uvula”, literally “additional tongue”)
      • Bonan: χoś kalaŋ
      • Dongxiang: qoʂï kielien
      • Monguor:
        • Mongghul: ġʊs kəle

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 421
• Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2015–), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 58
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1967), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎^[2] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 364