Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čortan

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

Likely comparable to Proto-Mongolic *curukaï (“pike”) and Proto-Tungusic *čōr- (“pike”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Thus, analyzable as *čor- + *-tan.

Compare Mongolian цурхай (curxaj, “pike”) and Solon соралди (soraldi, “pike”).

Noun

*čortan

1. pike (fish)

Declension

Declension of *čortan

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*čortan
Accusative	*čortanïg, *čortannï1)
Genitive	*čortannïŋ
Dative	*čortanka
Locative	*čortanta
Ablative	*čortantan
Allative	*čortangaru
Instrumental 2)	*čortanïn
Equative 2)	*čortanča
Similative 2)	*čortanlayu
Comitative 2)	*čortanlïgu

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ҫӑртан (śărt̬an)
• Common Turkic:

• Proto-Oghuz: *čortan
  • West Oghuz:
    • Turkish: çortan
• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: چورتان (chortan)
  • Uzbek: choʻrtan
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: суртан (surtan)
    • Tatar: чуртан (çurtan)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: чортан (çortan)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: шортан (şortan)
    • Nogai: шортан (şortan)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: чортон (corton)
    • Southern Altai: чортон (čorton)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: һордоҥ (hordoñ)
    • Yakut: сордоҥ (sordoñ)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: сортан (sortan)
      • Shor: шортан (şortan)
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: шортан (şortan)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čortan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill