Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kētmen
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
A derivation from *kēt- (“to notch”).
Noun
*kētmen
Declension
| 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.
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:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ketmen)
- South Siberian:
- Sayan:
- Tuvan: хетпе (xetpe)
- Sayan:
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kēt-men”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill