Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/niken

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

Proto-Mongolic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *niken

Etymology

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Numeral

*niken

1. one

Alternative reconstructions

• *nigen

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:

  Mongolian Script: ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (nike, nige)

  Hanzi Script: 你刊 (nǐ-kān /⁠niken⁠/) (Secret History), 一 (/⁠*niken⁠/)

  Arabic Script: نیکان (nykʾn /⁠niken⁠/) (Kitab-i Tarjuman)

  ʼPhags-pa script: ꡋꡞ‌ꡁꡠꡋ (ni-k'en /⁠niken, nigen⁠/)

  • Central Mongolic: [Term?]
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (nige)
      • Mongolian: нэг (neg) / ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (nige)
      • Buryat: нэгэн (negen)
    • Written Oirat:
      • Kalmyk: негн (negn)
  • Daur: nəgə, nəkən
  • Southern Mongolic:
    • East Yugur: neɣe, niɣe
    • Shirongolic:
      • Bonan: nəgə
      • Dongxiang: nie
      • Kangjia: nəgə
      • Monguor: niχɔ
        • Mangghuer: nəge
        • Mongghul: nigi, nigə
• Mogholi: نكه

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 460
• Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2016), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 198