Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kï̄n

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

*kï̄n *birle *kïlï̄č.
The sheath and the sword.

Noun

*kï̄n

1. sheath, scabbard (of swords)

Declension

Declension of *kï̄n

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kï̄n
Accusative	*kï̄nïg, *kï̄nnï1)
Genitive	*kï̄nnïŋ
Dative	*kï̄nka
Locative	*kï̄nta
Ablative	*kï̄ntan
Allative	*kï̄ngaru
Instrumental 2)	*kï̄nïn
Equative 2)	*kï̄nča
Similative 2)	*kï̄nlayu
Comitative 2)	*kï̄nlïgu

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.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: йӗнӗ (jĕnĕ)
• Common Turkic:

• Proto-Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Azerbaijani: qın
    • Ottoman Turkish: قین (kın)
      • Turkish: kın
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: gyn
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (qın)
    • Uyghur: قىن (qin)
    • Uzbek: qin
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: ҡын (qın)
    • Tatar: кын (qın)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: qın
    • Karaim: kyn
    • Karachay-Balkar: къын (qın)
    • Kumyk: къын (qın)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: qın
    • Kazakh: қын (qyn)
    • Nogai: кын (kın)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: кын (kın)
    • Southern Altai: кын (kïn)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qïn)
    • Western Yugur: qïn
  • Northern Altai: кын (kïn)
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: кыын (kıın)
    • Yakut: кыын (kıın)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tofa: һын (hın)
      • Tuvan: хын (xın)
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: хын (xın)
      • Shor: қын (qın)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 630-631
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 264
• Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Indrik, pages 217-218
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kï̄n”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 571