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

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