Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ič

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

Noun

*ič

1. interior of something

   Synonym: *ȫŕ

2. intestines
3. belly

Declension

Declension of *ič

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*ič
Accusative	*ičig, *ični1)
Genitive	*ičniŋ
Dative	*ičke
Locative	*ičde
Ablative	*ičden
Allative	*ičgerü
Instrumental 2)	*ičin
Equative 2)	*ičče
Similative 2)	*ičleyü
Comitative 2)	*ičligü

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Derived terms

• *ičegü (“intestines”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar: إش (iş, “in, into”)
    • Chuvash: ӑш (ăš)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: iç
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: iç
    • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (iç)
      • Gagauz: iç
      • Turkish: iç
  • Salar: iş
  • Turkmen: iç
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (iç)
    • Uyghur: ئىچ (ich)
    • Uzbek: ich
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: эс (es)
    • Tatar: еч (yeç)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: iç
    • Kumyk: ич (iç)
    • Karachay-Balkar: ич (iç)
    • Karaim: ич (iç)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: shi (“belly”)
      • Kazakh: іш (ış)
      • Nogai: иш (iş)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: ич (ic)
      • Southern Altai: ич (ič)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰲 (ič), 𐰱 (č̥ /⁠ič⁠/)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (iç)
    • ⇒ Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ičegü, “intestines”)
      • Western Yugur: [script needed] (ičeki, “belly”), ič (“inside”).
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: ис (is)
    • Dolgan: ис
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • ⇒ Tuvan: ижин (ijin, “belly”)
      • Tofa: [script needed] (i'šti, “intestines”)
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: іскер (ìsker)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ič”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill