Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/-gan

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

Alternative forms

*-gen

Etymology 1

Akin to Proto-Turkic *-gan, Proto-Tungusic *-kan. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Suffix

*-gan

Suffix forming a verbal noun or verbal adjective.

Related terms

*čiyi-gan (“tumour, albugo”)
*döli-gen (“quite”)
*elǰi-gen (“donkey”)
*ir-gen (“people”)
*ǰulǰa-gan (“young of animals, plants”)
*nim-gen (“thin”)

Etymology 2

Suffix

*-gan

Suffix equipping animals.

Related terms

*tarbagan (“marmot”)
*kurigan (“lamb”)
*bulugan (“sable”)
*hünegen (“fox”)
*botagan (“camel foal”)

Derived terms

Proto-Mongolic terms suffixed with *-gan

Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/bulugan

Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/döligen

Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/elǰigen

Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/hünegen

Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/irgen

Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/ǰulǰïgan

Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/kurïgan

Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/tarbagan