Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ï

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

*ï

1. vegetation, plant, bush, tree

Declension

Declension of *ï

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*ï
Accusative	*ïnï, *ïg 4), *ïnïg 1)
Genitive	*ïnïŋ
Dative	*ïka
Locative	*ïda
Ablative	*ïdan
Allative	*ïgaru
Instrumental 2)	*ïn
Equative 2)	*ïča
Similative 2)	*ïlayu
Comitative 2)	*ïlïgu

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.

Derived terms

• *ïgač (“tree”) (perhaps)

Descendants

• Medieval
  • Karakhanid: يٖى (yī), يٖى يِغاجْ (yī yïɣač) (collective)
  • Old Turkic
    • Old Turkic: 𐰃 (ï)
    • Old Uyghur: ՚y (ï), ՚y ՚yγ՚č (ï ïɣač) (collective)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ɨ, *ɨ-(ń)gač”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill