sumon

The story

1. Proto-Mongolic · derived from*sumun“arrow”
2. mnc · derived fromᠨᡳᡵᡠ“a large arrow, militia company, district”
3. Mongolian · derived fromᠰᠤᠮᠤ
4. tyv · derived fromсумон
5. Russian · borrowed fromсумон
6. English todaysumon

From Russian сумон (sumon), from Tuvan сумон (sumon), from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu), a calque of Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).

Words from the same roots