Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/casun

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

Reconstruction

Some Southern Mongolic forms derive from *cabsun, however this isn't supported by other sources.

Etymology

Commonly associated with *cïgaxan (“white”) and *caxalsun (“paper”).

Contains the *-sun suffix.

Noun

*casun

1. snow

Descendants

• Middle Mongol:
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠰᠤᠲᠤ (časutu, “snowy”) (+ *tu)
  • Arabic: جاسون (jasun) (Muqaddimat)
  • Chinese: 義速 (času) (Beilu Yiyu, with a scribal error)
• Mongolian:
  • Classical: ᠴᠠᠰᠤ (času)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: цас (cas)
  • Ordos: /d͡ʒasʊ/
• Buryat: саһа(н) (saha(n))
• Khamnigan Mongol: casu(n), casa(n), cahu(n)
• Kalmyk: цасн (tsasn)
• Daur: cas
• East Yugur: jasin
• Monguor:
  • Manhghuer: qasi, qazi
  • Mongghul: cheghzi
• Bonan:
  • Qinghai: jasung (Gnyan thog), cawsung (Xiazhuang)
• Kangjia: casun
• Dongxiang: chasun, zhasun, zhansun
• Mogholi: cåsun

Further reading

• Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎^[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 299