Mongolian etymology : Query result

Proto-Mongolian: *gede / *geǯige

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 back of the head 2 plait 3 leaning or bending backwards 4 to bend backwards

Russian meaning: 1 затылок 2 коса 3 отклоняющийся назад 4 отгибаться назад

Written Mongolian: gede 1 (L 372), gedereg 'on back', geǯige 1,2 (L 381)

Middle Mongolian: gedergu 'lying on the back', geǯige 'back troups, reserve' (SH), giǯigä 'plait, scruff' (MA)

Khalkha: ged 1, ged-reg 'back (adv.)', geʒeg 1,2, gedger 3, gedij- 4

Buriat: gedɨ- 'to hog', gezege 2

Kalmuck: gedṛgǝ 'back (adv)', giǯǝgǝ 1, 2

Ordos: gedergēn 'backwards', geǯige 1,2

Dongxian: GǝǯǝGi 2

Baoan: gǝtǝgulǝ- 4

Dagur: gedī- (Тод. Даг. 131) 4, geǯige (MD 150) 2, gǝǯig 2

Shary-Yoghur: gedeger 3, gedī- 4

Monguor: gǝdē- 'tenir la tête haute, se pencher en arrière' (SM 131), gǝdēngī 3, gǝdē- 4, gidergu 'backwards' (SM 136)

Mogol: KT gäǯigä 'nape of the neck, occiput' (6-1a).

Comments: KW 131, 135, MGCD 290. Mong. > Kirgh. keǯige etc. (ЭСТЯ 6, 17-18), Evk. gedikēn 'plait' etc. (ТМС 1, 177), see TMN 1, 492, Doerfer MT 47, Poppe 1966, 192, 1974, 120 (but *gedi-muk cannot be < Mong.).