Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/pesin

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

Noun

*pesin

1. handle

Descendants

• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: пэсин (pesin)
• South-Central:
  • Manchu: ᡶᡝᠰᡳᠨ (fesin)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard 2004. Etymologisch-ethnologisches Wörterbuch tungusischer Dialekte (vornehmlich der Mandschurei). Unter Mitwirkung von Michael Knüppel. Hildesheim, Zürich & New York: Georg Olms.