Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tẹ
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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
Comparable to Proto-Mongolic *te (“that”), Proto-Tungusic *ta- (“that”), Proto-Uralic *tä (“that”). Compare also modern Mongolian тэр (ter) and Evenki тар (tar).
Some of the descendants point to a derivation *tẹ + *-ki. The reasoning for rounding in some forms is uncertain.
Pronoun
*tẹ
Declension
Declension of *tẹ (pronominal-n declension)
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *tẹ |
| Accusative | *tẹni |
| Genitive | *tẹniŋ |
| Dative | *tẹŋe |
| Locative | *tẹnte |
| Ablative | *tẹnten |
| Allative 1) | *tẹŋerü |
| Instrumental 1) | *tẹn |
| Equative 1) | *tẹnče |
| Similative 1) | *tẹnleyü |
| Comitative 1) | *tẹnligü |
1) The original allative, instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
Descendants
- Oghur:
- Chuvash: те (te)
- Common Turkic:
- Oghuz:
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ti-(kü)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 479