Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/egin

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

Possibly from *eg- (“to bend”) +‎ *-in. Comparisons to Proto-Mongolic *egem (“shoulder”) have also been made. (Whence Middle Mongol ایكام (/⁠egem⁠/) (Rasulid Hexaglot))

Noun

*egin

(anatomy) shoulder, back

Declension

Declension of *egin
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*egin
accusative	eginig, eginni¹⁾
genitive	*eginniŋ
dative	*eginke
locative	*eginte
ablative	*eginten
allative	*egingerü
instrumental ²⁾	*eginin
equative ²⁾	*eginče
similative ²⁾	*eginleyü
comitative ²⁾	*eginligü

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

Oghur:
- Chuvash: авӑн (avăn)
Proto-Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Old Anatolian Turkish: اكن (egin)
    - Azerbaijani:
    - Ottoman Turkish: اگین (eğin)
      - Turkish: eğin
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: egin
Kipchak:
- North Kicphak:
  - Bashkir: иң (iñ)
  - Tatar: иң (iñ)
- West Kipchak:
  - ⇒ Karachay-Balkar: имбаш (imbaş)
  - ⇒ Kumyk: инбаш (inbaş)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: иін
    - Kazakh: иін (iın)
    - Nogai: ийин (iyin)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: ийин (iyin)
    - Southern Altai: ийин (iyin)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: اَکِنْ (/⁠egin⁠/)
  - Chagatai: ایکین (egin)
    - Uyghur: ئالقىن (alqin)
    - Uzbek: egin
Siberian:
- Southe Siberian:
  - Yenisei Turkic:
    - Khakas: ээн (een), иңнi (iñni)
  - Northern Altai: иин (iin)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “köŋül”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 109
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 37
Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 192
Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 239
Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, pages 225-227
Gülensoy, Tuncer (2007) “Proto-Turkic/egin”, in Türkiye Türkcesindeki Türkçe Sözcüklerin Köken Bilgisi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, pages 320-321