Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tē-

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

Verb

*tē-

1. to say

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: دیمك (demäk)
    • Azerbaijani: demək
    • Gagauz: demää
    • Ottoman Turkish: دیمك (demek), տէմէք (demek) — Armeno-Turkish
      • Turkish: demek
  • Turkmen: diýmek
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Tatar: ди (di)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “té:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “demek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük