Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-eyin

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

Alternative forms

• *-ayïn
• *-yin
• *-yïn

Suffix

*-eyin

1. (Common Turkic) Suffix forming first-person singular imperative.

   ‎*seb- (“to love”) + ‎*-eyin → ‎*sebeyin (“I must love!”)

See the Wikibooks page about imperatives in Proto-Turkic to learn more about it.

Related terms

• *-gil (“suffix forming second-person singular imperative”)
• *-zün (“suffix forming third-person singular imperative”)
• *-elim (“suffix forming first-person plural imperative”)
• *-iŋ (“suffix forming second-person plural imperative”)

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Turkmen: -aýyn, -eýin
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰘𐰤 (-eyin)

References

• Erdal, Marcel (2004) “-(A)yIn”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 235