Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kētmen

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

A derivation from *kēt- (to notch).

Noun

*kētmen

  1. hoe, mattock

Declension

Declension of *kētmen
singular 3)
nominative *kētmen
accusative *kētmenig, *kētmenni1)
genitive *kētmenniŋ
dative *kētmenke
locative *kētmente
ablative *kētmenten
allative *kētmengerü
instrumental 2) *kētmenin
equative 2) *kētmenče
similative 2) *kētmenleyü
comitative 2) *kētmenligü
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: катмак (katmak)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Turkmen: kätmen
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: кәтмән (kətmən)
      • Tatar: китмән (kitmän)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: кетмен (ketmen)
        • Southern Altai: кертме (kertme)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ketmen)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: хетпе (xetpe)

References