Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ǖn

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

From onomatopoeic root *ǖ- +‎ *-n. [1]

Noun

*ǖn

  1. (Common Turkic) voice, sound
    Synonyms: *ses, *tabïš

Declension

Declension of *ǖn
singular 3)
nominative *ǖn
accusative *ǖnüg, *ǖnni1)
genitive *ǖnnüŋ
dative *ǖnke
locative *ǖnte
ablative *ǖnten
allative *ǖngerü
instrumental 2) *ǖnün
equative 2) *ǖnče
similative 2) *ǖnleyü
comitative 2) *ǖnlügü
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

  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish:
        • Azerbaijani: ün
        • Ottoman Turkish: اوك (üñ)
    • Salar: ün
    • Turkmen: üýn
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: اُنْ (ün)
      • Uyghur: ئۈن (ün)
  • Kipchak:
    • North Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
    • East Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: үн (ün)
      • Southern Altai: ӱн (ün)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺 (ʾwyn /⁠ün⁠/)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan Turkic:
      • Yenisei Turkic:
        • Khakas: ӱн (ün)
        • Northern Altai: ӱн (ün)

References

  1. ^ Gülensoy, Tuncer (2007), “ǖn”, in Türkiye Türkcesindeki Türkçe Sözcüklerin Köken Bilgisi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 991
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ün/ü:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 167
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 521
  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1974), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, pages 625-626
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ǖn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill