Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/barmak
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Proto-Turkic
Etymology
Fedotov, ESTJa suggest a derivation from *bār (probably via an intermediary *bārï-) + *-mak, if so the word may have had a vowel shortening as a result of length in the suffix.
Räsänen and Nişanyan suggests a derivation from *bar- (“to go to”) + *-mak with semantic expansion.
Noun
*barmak
- (Common Turkic, anatomy) finger
- (Siberian Turkic) branch
Declension
Declension of *barmak
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *barmak |
| Accusative | *barmakïg, *barmaknï1) |
| Genitive | *barmaknïŋ |
| Dative | *barmakka |
| Locative | *barmakda |
| Ablative | *barmakdan |
| Allative | *barmakgaru |
| Instrumental 2) | *barmakïn |
| Equative 2) | *barmakča |
| Similative 2) | *barmaklayu |
| Comitative 2) | *barmaklïgu |
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
- Common Turkic: *barmak
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “parmak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 182
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, page 66
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*biarŋak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- in Turkic Lexicon.