Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/abïčga
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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
Uncertain. However over the years multiple theories have risen:
- Clauson suggests a derivation *abïč (“an obscure root”) + *-ga.
- Nishanyan suggets a derivation *apa (“elderly male relative”) + *-ča (“diminutive suffix”), however note that the suffix was borrowed from Persians at a later date.
Noun
*abïčga
Declension
| singular | plural 2) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *abïčga | *abïčgalar |
| accusative | ||
| genitive | *abïčganïŋ | *abïčgalarnïŋ |
| dative | *abïčgaka | *abïčgalarka |
| locative | *abïčgada | *abïčgalarda |
| ablative | *abïčgadan | *abïčgalardan |
| instrumental 1) | *abïčgalarïn | |
| equative 1) | *abïčgača | *abïčgalarča |
1) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.
Descendants
- Oghur
- Chuvash: упӑшка (up̬ăška)
- Common Turkic
- Proto-Common Turkic:
- Oghuz
- Kipchak-Karluk (classification disputed)
- Old Turkic
- South Siberian Turkic (classification disputed)
- Sayan
- Tuvan: ашак (aşak)
- Sayan
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 6
- Clauson, Gerard (2002) “The Suffixes in Pre-Eighth Century Turkish”, in Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, pages 87-88
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “amca”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, pages 60-61
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Abuč-ka”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill