Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/

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

Connected with the first syllable of the Korean noun 나라 (nara, country, nation).[1]

Noun

*nā

  1. earth
    Synonyms: *dönse, *buga

Declension

Descendants

  • Jurchenic:
    • Jurchen: (na /⁠na⁠/)
  • Tungusic:
    • Northern Tungusic:
    • Southern Tungusic:

References

  1. ^ Lee, Ki-Moon, Ramsey, S. Robert (2011) A History of the Korean Language, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 572-573
  • Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 163.