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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-ten

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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

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*-tan *-ten

Etymology

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*-te (locative-ablative suffix) +‎ *-n (instrumental suffix).

Suffix

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*-ten

  1. Used to form ablative of nouns
    *eb (house) + ‎*-ten → ‎*ebten (from the house)

Descendants

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  • Oghur:

References

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  • Erdal, Marcel (2004) “+dIn”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 174
  • Krueger, John Richard (1961) Chuvash Manual: Introduction, Grammar, Reader, and Vocabulary (Uralic and Altaic Series; 7), Indiana University, →ISBN, page 107