Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/imen

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

Alternative reconstructions

*ermen

Noun

*imen

oak

Declension

Declension of *imen
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*imen
accusative	imenig, imenni¹⁾
genitive	*imenniŋ
dative	*imenke
locative	*imente
ablative	*imenten
allative	*imengerü
instrumental ²⁾	*imenin
equative ²⁾	*imenče
similative ²⁾	*imenleyü
comitative ²⁾	*imenligü

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: юман (juman)

Oghuz:
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: imen
Karluk:
- Uyghur: ئېمەن (ëmen)
- Uzbek: eman
Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: emen
  - Karachay-Balkar: эмен (emen)
  - Kumyk: эмен (emen)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kazakh: емен (emen)
- Nort Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: имән (imən)
  - Tatar: имән (imän)
- Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  - Southern Altai: эрмен (ermen)
Siberian:
- South Siberian:
  - Yeniseian:
    - Khakas: ибен (iben)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*imen”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 42
Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 124