Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yačan-

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

Probably derived from the verbal root *yab-.

Verb

*yačan-

1. (intransitive) to be ashamed, embarrassed

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ҫӳзӗн (śüzĕn, “to be shocked”)
• Common Turkic: *yačan-

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (yaçanmak)
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (yačan-)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*yačan”, 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 882
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 176