Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tǖp

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

*tǖp

1. bottom
2. root

Declension

Declension of *tǖp

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*tǖp
Accusative	*tǖpüg, *tǖpni1)
Genitive	*tǖpnüŋ
Dative	*tǖpke
Locative	*tǖpde
Ablative	*tǖpden
Allative	*tǖpgerü
Instrumental 2)	*tǖpün
Equative 2)	*tǖpče
Similative 2)	*tǖpleyü
Comitative 2)	*tǖplügü

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: тӗп (tĕp)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz: *dǖb-
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: دب (dib), دیب (dib)
    • Azerbaijani: dib
    • Ottoman Turkish: دیب (dib)
      • Gagauz: dip (dib-)
      • Turkish: dip (dib-)
  • Salar: dövü
  • Turkmen: düýp (düýb-)
• Kipchak:
  • West-Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: tüp
    • Kumyk: тюп (tüp)
    • Karachay-Balkar: тюб (tüb)
    • Krymchak: тыб
    • Urum: диб
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: төп (töp)
    • Tatar: төп (töp)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: түп (tüp)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: түп (tüp)
      • Southern Altai: тӱп (tüp)
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: tub
  • Uyghur: تۈپ (tüp)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • >? Dolgan: түгэк
    • >? Yakut: түгэх (tügeq)
  • South Siberian:
    • Tuvan: дүп (düp)
    • Khakas: тӱп (tüp)
    • Shor: тӱп (“origin, stock, family”)
      • тӱбӱн (“bottom”)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dǖp”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill