Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-ten

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

preceding vowel
A / Ï / O / U E / I / Ö / Ü
*-tan *-ten

Etymology

*-te (locative-ablative suffix) +‎ *-n (instrumental suffix).

Suffix

*-ten

  1. Used to form ablative of nouns
    *eb (house) + ‎*-ten → ‎*ebten (from the house)

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Volga Bulgar: ڔَان- (-ran)
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid:
      • Chagatai:
        • Uzbek: -dan
        • Uyghur: [script needed] (-den)
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Bulgar:
      • Bashkir: -дән (-dən), -нән (-nən), -тән (-tən)
      • Tatar: -дән (-dän), -нән (-nän), -тән (-tän)
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: -дан (-dan), -ден (-den), -дон (-don), -дөн (-dön), -тан (-tan), -тен (-ten), -тон (-ton), -төн (-tön), -ан (-an), -ен (-yen), -он (-on), -өн (-ön)
      • Southern Altai: -деҥ (-deŋ), -дӧҥ (-döŋ), -теҥ (-teŋ), -тӧҥ (-töŋ), -неҥ (-neŋ), -нӧҥ (-nöŋ)
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰓𐰤 (d²n²), 𐰑𐰣 (d¹n¹)
    • Old Uyghur: -𐾀𐽶𐽺 (-tyn), -𐽸𐽶𐽺 (-dyn)
    • North Siberian Turkic:
      • Yakut: -ттэн (-tten), -ттөн (-ttön), -тэн (-ten), -төн (-tön)
    • South Siberian Turkic:

References

  • Erdal, Marcel (2004) “+dIn”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 174
  • Krueger, John Richard (1961) Chuvash Manual: Introduction, Grammar, Reader, and Vocabulary (Uralic and Altaic Series; 7), Indiana University, →ISBN, page 107