Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/biriken

This Proto-Tungusic 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-Tungusic

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *biri- (“to lay planks”) +‎ *-ken.

Noun

*biriken

1. planking
2. tent, construction
3. fence

Descendants

• Even: [script needed] (birken)
• Manchu: [script needed] (bireken)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*biri-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill