Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/dabusun
Proto-Mongolic
Etymology
Most likely form an earlier *dabursun, from *dabur + *-sun.
Probably borrowed from an early Turkic language with the earlier form "tūbuz", as Nişanyan suggests. This also explains the Chuvash тӑвар (tăvar) form.
Noun
*dabusun
Descendants
- Mongolian:
- Buryat: дабһан (dabhan)
- Khamnigan Mongol: дабасу (dabasu)
- Kalmyk: давсн (davsn)
- Monguor:
- Mangghuer: dapuzi, dabusi
- Mongghul: darishizi
- Bonan: dabsung
- Dongxiang: dansun
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük