Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ilan

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

Proto-Tungusic numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: *ilan     Ordinal: *ilagī     Distributive: *ilatal

Etymology

Benzing proposes an earlier form *ilguan due to reason that the elements *-guan and *-gun used to form numerals.

Another theory states that this word might be derivated from *ili- (“to stand”), if from earlier *ili-lan.

Numeral

*ilan

1. three

Alternative reconstructions

• *ïlan (per Benzing)

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: и̇ла̇н (i̇lȧn)
  • Evenki: илан (ilan)
  • Oroqen: ɪlan
  • Negidal: елан~Negidal: илан (ilan)
  • Solon: ilang
• Central
  • Oroch: ила(н) (ila(n))
  • Udihe: ила (ila)
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: илан (ilan)
  • Orok: илā (ilā)
  • Ulch: и̇ла
• South-Central:
  • Jurchen: ilan (Jurchen script: )
    • Manchu: ᡳᠯᠠᠨ (ilan)