Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sïčgan

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

From *sïč- (“to defecate”) +‎ *-gan. Nomen agentis of *sïč- (“to defecate”), literally "the one who defecates".

Noun

*sïčgan

1. rat, mouse

Declension

Declension of *sïčgan

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*sïčgan
Accusative	*sïčgannï, *sïčganïg 4), *sïčgannïg 1)
Genitive	*sïčgannïŋ
Dative	*sïčganka
Locative	*sïčganta
Ablative	*sïčgantan
Allative	*sïčgangaru
Instrumental 2)	*sïčganïn
Equative 2)	*sïčganča
Similative 2)	*sïčganlayu
Comitative 2)	*sïčganlïgu

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
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.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• →? Hungarian: cickány
• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: шӑши (šăš̬i)

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: sıçğân
• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Azerbaijani: siçan
    • Ottoman Turkish: صیچان (sıçan), سچان (sıçan)
      • Turkish: sıçan
      • → Serbo-Croatian: sičan
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: syçan
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: سِجْغانْ (sïčɣān)
    • Uzbek: sichqon
    • Uyghur: چاشقان (chashqan)
• Armeno-Kipchak: սըչխան (səčʻxan)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: sıçan
    • Karachay-Balkar: чичхан (çiçxan), чычхан (çıçxan)
    • Kumyk: чычкъан (çıçqan)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: сысҡан (sısqan)
    • Tatar: тычкан (tıçkan), сычан (sıçan)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: тышқан (tyşqan)
      • →⇒ Russian: тушканчик (tuškančik)
    • Nogai: шышкан (şışkan)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: чычкан (čïčkan)
    • Kyrgyz: чычкан (cıckan)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰽𐰲𐰍𐰭 (sïčgan)
  • Old Uyghur: syčγ՚n (sïčɣan)
    • Western Yugur: [script needed] (šɨɣan)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut:
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas:
      • Shor: шышқан (şışqan)

References

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