Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yïmurt

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

*yïmurt

1. bird cherry

Declension

Declension of *yïmurt

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*yïmurt
Accusative	*yïmurtug, *yïmurtnï1)
Genitive	*yïmurtnuŋ
Dative	*yïmurtka
Locative	*yïmurtda
Ablative	*yïmurtdan
Allative	*yïmurtgaru
Instrumental 2)	*yïmurtun
Equative 2)	*yïmurtča
Similative 2)	*yïmurtlayu
Comitative 2)	*yïmurtlugu

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: ҫӗмӗрт (śĕmĕrt)
• Common Turkic: *yïmurt

• Proto-Oghuz: *yumurt
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: cumurt
      • Ottoman Turkish:
        • Turkish: yumurt
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: shumurt
• Kipchak:
  • East Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: јымырыт (ǰïmïrït)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Yeniseian:
      • Khakas: нымырт (nımırt)
      • Shor: ныбырт (nıbırt)
    • Northern Altai: ньымырт (nʹïmïrt)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*yïmurt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 881
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 211
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 136