Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yẹŋ-

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 possible borrowing from Middle Chinese (yeng, to win). Nişanyan suggests a derivation from *yẹg. [1]

Verb

*yẹŋ-

  1. (transitive) to win
    Synonym: *ut-

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: ҫӗн (śĕn)
    • Eastern Mari: сеҥалтмаш (seŋaltmaš)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: يَنْكماكْ (yeŋmēk)
      • Khorezmian Turkic:
        • Chagatai:
          • Uzbek: yengmoq
          • Uyghur: يەڭمەك (yengmek)
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
      • Bashkir:
      • Tatar:
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: yeñmek
      • Kumyk: енгмек (yeñmek)
      • Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (jeñ-)
      • Karaim: [script needed] (yeñg-)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Karakalpak: jengiw
        • Kazakh: жеңу (jeñu)
        • Nogai:
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Yenisei:
        • Shor: [script needed] (neŋ-)
        • Khakas: чиңерге (çiñerge)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yenmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük