Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tōtak
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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
It cannot be from Proto-Turkic *tut- because of the archaic roundness and the length of the vowel.
Sevortyan and Doerfer reject a derivation from *tut-, and Doerfer considers the derivation from Proto-Turkic *tut- a folk etymology invented to explain the evolution of the Ottoman "-u-" vowel.
Noun
*tōtak
Declension
| singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *tōtak |
| accusative | *tōtakïg, *tōtaknï1) |
| genitive | *tōtaknïŋ |
| dative | *tōtakka |
| locative | *tōtakda |
| ablative | *tōtakdan |
| allative | *tōtakgaru |
| instrumental 2) | *tōtakïn |
| equative 2) | *tōtakča |
| similative 2) | *tōtaklayu |
| comitative 2) | *tōtaklïgu |
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.
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
- Proto-Common Turkic:
References
- ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1963–1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission) (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 952
- ^ Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), Moscow, 1974–, page 251
- ^ Eckmann, Janos. (1988). trans. Günay Qarağac Çağatayca El Kitabı. p. 255
- From Turkic Lexicon.
- From Turkbitig.
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dōtak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill