Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-inči

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
*-ïnčï	*-inči	*-unču	*-ünčü

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).

Suffix

*-inči or *-inč

1. Forms ordinals of numerals

   ‎*bīr (“one”) + ‎*-inči → ‎*bīrinči (“first”)

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-inči

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Bulgar: -ش (-şi), [script needed] (-ş)
    • Chuvash: -шӗ (-šĕ), -мӗш (-mĕš)
• ⇒ Common Turkic: *-m-inči
  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: -minci
  • Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: -minji
• Common Turkic: *-inči

• 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:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰨 (-nč)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: -інӌі (-ìncì)
      • Shor: -инчи
      • Western Yugur: [script needed] (-inçi)
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan:
      • Tofa:
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: -ис (-is)
    • Yakut: -ис (-is)

References

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