Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/siakta

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

Akin to Proto-Turkic *següt (“willow”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*siakta

1. willow

Descendants

• Evenki: секта (sekta)
• Even: хят (hẹt)
• Udihe: сакта (sakta)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*siakta”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Cincius, V. I. (1977) Сравнительный словарь тунгусо-маньчжурских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Leningrad: Nauka, page 70