Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/nixe-

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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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Reconstruction

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Nugteren reconstructs *nexe-, but the Middle Mongol data seem better explained through the common assimilation of *-ixe- to *-exe-.

The raising found in some Qinghai-Gansu languages could have probably developed from either variant.

Etymology

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Most likely related in some way to Proto-Tungusic *nī- (to open). Another somewhat similar form is Proto-Uralic *nᴕje- (to open).

Compare Evenki нӣмӣ (ņīmī), Manchu ᠨᡝᠶᠮᠪᡳ (neymbi), Tundra Nenets нэсь (nesʹ°), Hungarian nyílik.

Verb

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*nixe-

  1. to open

Descendants

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References

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  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, pages 453-454
  • Sun Zhu (1990) 蒙古语族语言词典 [Dictionary of Mongolic Languages] (in Chinese), Qinghai, page 502
  • Rozycki, William Vincent (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 214