Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eke

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

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *eke (“mother”), Proto-Mongolic *egeci (“older sister”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*eke

  1. elder sister

Declension

Declension of *eke
singular 3)
nominative *eke
accusative *ekeg, *ekeni1)
genitive *ekeniŋ
dative *ekeke
locative *ekede
ablative *ekeden
allative *ekegerü
instrumental 2) *eken
equative 2) *ekeče
similative 2) *ekeleyü
comitative 2) *ekeligü
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.

See also

  • *āka (“elder brother”)

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: акка (akka)
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
    • East Oghuz:
      • Turkmen: eje (“mother, aunt, elder sister”)
    • Ottoman Turkish: اجی (eci, “elder sister, grandmother”)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] (eke)
      • Chagatai: اچه (äçä, “mother, old woman”)
        • → Tajik: оча (oča, “mother”)
        • → Hazaragi: آجه (âja, “grandmother”)
  • Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Kazakh: әже (äje, “grandmother”)
    • East Kipchak
      • Kyrgyz: эже (eje, “elder sister, aunt”)
      • Southern Altai: эје (eǰe, “elder sister”)

References

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