Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ānt

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 edit

Noun edit

*ānt

oath

Declension edit

Declension of *ānt

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*ānt
Accusative	āntnï, āntïg ⁴⁾, *āntnïg ¹⁾
Genitive	*āntnïŋ
Dative	*āntka
Locative	*āntda
Ablative	*āntdan
Allative	*āntgaru
Instrumental ²⁾	*āntïn
Equative ²⁾	*āntča
Similative ²⁾	*āntlayu
Comitative ²⁾	*āntlïgu

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 edit

Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: ând
Proto-Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Azerbaijani: and
  - Ottoman Turkish: آند (and)
    - Turkish: ant
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: ant
Karluk:
- Uyghur: ئانت (ant)
- Uzbek: ont
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: ант (ant)
  - Tatar: ант (ant)
- West Kipchak:
  - Karachay-Balkar: ант (ant)
  - Kumyk: ант (ant)
  - Krymchak: ант
- South Kipchak:
  - Karakalpak: ант (ant)
  - Kazakh: ант (ant)
  - Nogai: ант (ant)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: ант (ant)
  - ⇒ Southern Altai: антыгар (antïgar, “to prove”)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰦 (ant)
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ant-)
  - Western Yugur: at

References edit

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