Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yaŋï

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

*yeŋi

Etymology

Potentially from *yan- (“to return, to come back”) +‎ *-ki, literally "the one that has returned, that has renewed", compare *yana (“again”) and *yaŋïdan (“again”).

Adjective

*yaŋï

new

Derived terms

*yaŋïdan (“again”)
*yapyaŋï (“brand new”)
*yaŋïlan- (“to be renewed”)

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: ҫӗнӗ (śĕnĕ)
Common Turkic: *yaŋï, *yeŋi:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: yəngi
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: yeni
  - Ottoman Turkish: یڭی (yeñi)
    - Gagauz: yeni
    - Turkish: yeni
- Turkmen: ýaňy (“just, recently”)
- Salar: yañı
Karluk:
- Uzbek: yangi
- Uyghur: يېڭى (yë'ngi)
Kipchak:
- West-Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: yañı
  - Kumyk: янгы (yañı)
  - Karaim: йангъы
  - Karachay-Balkar: джангы (cañı)
  - Krymchak: йенгы
  - Urum: йаны
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: яңы (yañı)
  - Tatar: яңа (yaña)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: жаңа (jaña)
    - Karakalpak: жаңа / jaña
    - Nogai: янъы (yañı)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: жаңы (jaŋı)
    - Southern Altai: јаҥы (ǰaŋï)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰭𐰃 (yaŋï)
- Old Uyghur: (yaŋï)
  - Western Yugur: yaŋï
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: саҥа (saña)
  - Dolgan: һаӈа
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: чаа (çaa)
    - Tofa: няа
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: наа
    - Khakas: наа (naa)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jaŋɨ / *jeŋi/”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill