Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kün

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

Noun

*kün

  2. day
    Coordinate terms: *tün (“night”), *kēče (“late, evening”), *ẹ̄r (“early, morning”), *yarïn (“morning, tomorrow”)
  3. sun

Declension

Declension of *kün
singular 3)
nominative *kün
accusative *künüg, *künni1)
genitive *künnüŋ
dative *künke
locative *künte
ablative *künten
allative *küngerü
instrumental 2) *künün
equative 2) *künče
similative 2) *künleyü
comitative 2) *künlügü
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Volga Bulgar: كُوَان (kön, “day”)
      • Chuvash: кун (kun, “day”)
    • Danube Bulgar: χων (kon, “day”)
  • Arghu:
  • Karluk:
  • Oghuz:
  • Kipchak: کون (kün)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰤 (kün² /⁠kün⁠/)
    • Old Uyghur: 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 (kwyn /⁠kün⁠/)
      • Western Yugur: kun (/⁠kun⁠/, “sun, day”)
      • ⇒ Western Yugur: kunengər (/⁠kun engïr⁠/, “next year”)
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:

Etymology 2

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Noun

*kün

  2. person
    Synonym: *kiši

Declension

Declension of *kün
singular 3)
nominative *kün
accusative *künüg, *künni1)
genitive *künnüŋ
dative *künke
locative *künte
ablative *künten
allative *küngerü
instrumental 2) *künün
equative 2) *künče
similative 2) *künleyü
comitative 2) *künlügü
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.

Derived terms

  • *ēl kün (“world”)

Derived terms

  • *-gün (“plurality suffix for people”)
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