Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/eri-

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

Verb

*eri- (intransitive)

1. to breathe

Derived terms

• *erigen (“breathe; soul”)

Descendants

• Jurchenic:
  • Manchu: ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠮᠪᡳ (ergembi)
• Tungusic:
  • Northern Tungusic:
    • Even: эридэ̄й (əridə̄j)
    • Evenki: эрӣмӣ (ərīmī)
    • Negidal: эйӣ- (ejī)
    • Oroqen: əri:-
  • Southern Tungusic:
    • South-Eastern:
      • Nanai: эрисиури (erisiuri)
      • Orok: эривури (ərivuri), эрсивури (ərsivuri)
      • Ulch: э̄русуву (ērusuwu)

References

• Cincius, V. I. (1977), Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 264