Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ï

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

Noun

*ï

1. vegetation, plant, bush, tree

Declension

Declension of *ï

	singular 3)
nominative	*ï
accusative	*ïg, *ïnï1)
genitive	*ïnïŋ
dative	*ïka
locative	*ïda
ablative	*ïdan
allative	*ïgaru
instrumental 2)	*ïn
equative 2)	*ïča
similative 2)	*ïlayu
comitative 2)	*ïlïgu

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.

Derived terms

• *ïgač (“tree”) (perhaps)

Descendants

• Medieval
  • Karakhanid: يٖى (yī), يٖى يِغاجْ (yī yïɣač) (collective)
  • Old Turkic
    • Old Turkic: 𐰃 (ï)
    • Old Uyghur: ՚y (ï), ՚y ՚yγ՚č (ï ïɣač) (collective)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ɨ, *ɨ-(ń)gač”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill