Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ǖn

This Proto-Turkic 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-Turkic

Etymology

From onomatopoeic root *ǖ- +‎ *-n. [1]

Noun

*ǖn

  1. (Common Turkic) voice, sound
    Synonyms: *ses, *tabïš

Declension

Declension of *ǖn
singular 3)
nominative *ǖn
accusative *ǖnüg, *ǖnni1)
genitive *ǖnnüŋ
dative *ǖnke
locative *ǖnte
ablative *ǖnten
allative *ǖngerü
instrumental 2) *ǖnün
equative 2) *ǖnče
similative 2) *ǖnleyü
comitative 2) *ǖnlügü
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

  • Common Turkic:
    • Oghuz:
      • West Oghuz:
        • Old Anatolian Turkish:
          • Azerbaijani: ün
          • Ottoman Turkish: اوك (üñ)
    • Karluk:
      • Karakhanid: اُنْ (ün)
        • Uyghur: ئۈن (ün)
    • Kipchak:
      • South Kipchak:
      • East Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: үн (ün)
        • Southern Altai: ӱн (ün)
    • Siberian:
      • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺 (ʾwyn /⁠ün⁠/)
      • South Siberian:
        • Sayan Turkic:
        • Yenisei Turkic:
          • Khakas: ӱн (ün)
          • Northern Altai: ӱн (ün)

References

  1. ^ Gülensoy, Tuncer (2007) “Proto-Turkic/ǖn”, in Türkiye Türkcesindeki Türkçe Sözcüklerin Köken Bilgisi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 991
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ün/ü:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 167
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 521
  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, pages 625-626
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ǖn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill