Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/arka
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Akin to Proto-Mongolic *aru (“back, behind, North”), Proto-Tungusic *arkan (“back”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Compared to Proto-Turkic *ār-t (“back, behind”).
Noun
*arka
Declension
Declension of *arka
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *arka |
| Accusative | *arkag, *arkanï1) |
| Genitive | *arkanïŋ |
| Dative | *arkaka |
| Locative | *arkada |
| Ablative | *arkadan |
| Allative | *arkagaru |
| Instrumental 2) | *arkan |
| Equative 2) | *arkača |
| Similative 2) | *arkalayu |
| Comitative 2) | *arkalïgu |
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.
Descendants
- Oghur:
- ⇒ Chuvash: урхалӑх (urh̬alăh)
- Common Turkic: *arka
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ărka”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill