Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-inč

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

preceding vowel
A / Ï	E / I	O / U	Ö / Ü
*-ïnč	*-inč	*-unč	*-ünč

Etymology

The second vowel of the suffix seems to appear after the medieval era. For an unknown reason, the word *ẹk(k)inti (“second”) has an exclusive variant *-inti, however according to Erdal it may be a seperate suffix.

Has been compared to Manchu ᠊ᠴᡳ (-ci).

The variant form *-inči is not attested in Old Turkic, which replaced the *-inč in all environments except perhaps *ẹk(k)inč (attested as 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽶 (ʾykynty /⁠ékinti⁠/).)

Suffix

*-inč

1. Forms ordinals of numerals

   ‎*bīr (“one”) + ‎*-inč → ‎*bīrinč (“first”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-inč

Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bīrinč

Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ẹk(k)inč

Related terms

• *-egü (suffix creating collective of numbers)
• *-rer (suffix creating distributive of numbers)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Bulgar: -ش (-ş, -şi)
    • Chuvash: -шӗ (-šĕ)
  • ⇒ Oghur: *-m-inč
    • Chuvash: -мӗш (-mĕš)
• Siberian Turkic:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰨 (-nč)
  • Old Uyghur: -𐽶𐽺𐽽 (-ync /⁠-inč, -ïnč⁠/), -𐽳𐽺𐽽 (-wnc /⁠-unč, -ünč⁠/)
  • ⇒ Proto-Common Turkic: *-inč-i

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: -inci
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: -inci
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: -inci
  • Turkmen: -inji
• Karluk:
  • Chagatai: [script needed] (-inči)
    • Uyghur: ـىنچى (-inchi)
    • Uzbek: -inchi
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Karachay-Balkar: -инчи (-inçi)
    • Kumyk: -инчи (-inçi)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Tatar: -енче (-yençe)
    • Bashkir: -енсе (-yense)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Aral:
      • Karakalpak: -inshi
      • Kazakh: -інші (-ınşı)
      • Nogai: -инши (-inşi)
    • Kirgiz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: -инчи (-inci)
      • Southern Altai: -инчи (-inči)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: -інӌі (-ìncì)
      • Shor: -инчи
      • → Western Yugur: -indʐi (-inʒi)
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan:
      • Tofa:
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: -ис (-is)
    • Yakut: -ис (-is)

• ⇒ Proto-Common Turkic: *-m-inč-i
  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: -minci
  • Oghuz:
    • Teke Turkmen: -minji

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-nç/-ınç/-inç/-unç/-ünç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli