Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yeŋe
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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
Doefer compares this word to Evenki не̄не̄ (ņēņē, “mother”) and ненекэ̄ (ņeņekə̄, “old woman, granny”). However, he also states that such comparisons are often hardly acceptable evidence.
Noun
*yeŋe
- elder brother's wife
Declension
| singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *yeŋe |
| accusative | *yeŋeg, *yeŋeni1) |
| genitive | *yeŋeniŋ |
| dative | *yeŋeke |
| locative | *yeŋede |
| ablative | *yeŋeden |
| allative | *yeŋegerü |
| instrumental 2) | *yeŋen |
| equative 2) | *yeŋeče |
| similative 2) | *yeŋeleyü |
| comitative 2) | *yeŋeligü |
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
- Common Turkic:
- Oghuz
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
References
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 380
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yenge”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 950
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21) (in German), volume 4, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 206-297
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 197-198
- Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, pages 189-190
- Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 313
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*yeŋe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill