Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āy-

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

Verb

*āy-

1. (intransitive) to say, to tell

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ыйт (yjt)
• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: hâymaq
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak
    • Bashkir: әйтеү (əytew)
    • Tatar: әйтергә (äytergä)
  • West Kipchak
    • Kumyk: айтмакъ (aytmaq)
  • South Kipchak
    • Kazakh: айту (aitu)
  • East Kipchak
    • Kyrgyz: айтуу (aytuu)
    • Southern Altai: айдар (aydar)
• Siberian:
  • Yakut: ый (ıy, “to indicate”) → Yakut: ыйыт (ıyıt, “to ask”, causative)