Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ōyun
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Proto-Turkic
Etymology
Different sources give different etymologies:
- Clauson suggets that it is from *ōy- (“to hollow”) + *-un saying most Turkic games involved holes.
- ESTJa and Räsänen suggest that it is from *oy- (“to jump”) + *-un.
- Nishanyan suggests a possible common root with *ōŕ- (“to win; to be saved”).
Noun
*ōyun
Declension
Declension of *ōyun
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *ōyun |
| Accusative | *ōyunug, *ōyunnï1) |
| Genitive | *ōyunnuŋ |
| Dative | *ōyunka |
| Locative | *ōyunta |
| Ablative | *ōyuntan |
| Allative | *ōyungaru |
| Instrumental 2) | *ōyunun |
| Equative 2) | *ōyunča |
| Similative 2) | *ōyunlayu |
| Comitative 2) | *ōyunlugu |
1) Originally only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
Derived terms
- ⇒ Proto-Turkic: *ōyun-a- (“to play”)
Descendants
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “oyun”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 274
- Tekin, Talât (1995) “ōyun”, in Türk Dillerinde Birincil Uzun Ünlüler [Primary Long Vowels in Turkic Languages] (Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları Dizisi; 13), Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, →ISBN, page 177
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 435
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 359
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*oj-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill