Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eŋse

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

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *eg- (“to bend, to bow”).

Noun

*eŋse

1. (Common Turkic) back of neck

Declension

Declension of *eŋse (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*eŋse	*eŋseler
accusative
genitive	*eŋseniŋ	*eŋselerniŋ
dative	*eŋseke	*eŋselerke
locative	*eŋsede	*eŋselerde
ablative	*eŋseden	*eŋselerden
instrumental1)		*eŋselerin
equative1)	*eŋseče	*eŋselerče

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: ənsə
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: ense
      • Gagauz: yensä
  • Salar: eñse
  • Turkmen: ýeňse
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Chagatai:
      • Uzbek: ensa
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: eñse
    • Kumyk: енгсе (yeñse)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (eŋse)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: иңһә (iñhə)
    • Tatar: иңсә (iñsä)
      • → Chuvash: ӗнсе (ĕns̬e), инсе (ins̬e)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: еңсе (eñse)
      • Karakalpak: engse
      • Nogai: [script needed] (eŋse)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: [script needed] (eŋse)
      • Southern Altai: эҥзе (eŋze, “hump, back of the head”)