Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kudug

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 *kudug.

Noun

*kudug

1. a water well

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:

  Mongolian script: ᠬᠤᠳᠳᠤᠭ (quddug) (written geminated to avoid confusion with ᠬᠤᠲᠤᠭ (qutug))

  Hanzi Script: 苦琽四 (kǔ-dǔ-sì /⁠qudug⁠/) (Beilu Yiyu)

  Arabic script: قدق (qdq /⁠quduq⁠/) (Rasulid Hexaglot)

  • Central Mongolic:
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠳᠳᠤᠭ (quddug)
      • Mongolian: худаг (xudag)
      • Buryat: худаг (xudag)
      • →? Manchu: ᡥᡠᠴᡳᠨ (hucin)
    • Written Oirat:
      • Kalmyk: худг (xudg)
  • Daur: kodir
  • Southern Mongolic:
    • Dongxiang: ghudeu

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 431
• 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 64