Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ūn

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

According to some linguists, it is a borrowing from Chinese 粉 (fěn), related to Korean 분 (bun) and Chinese 分; and according to some linguists, it comes from Proto-Turkic *ub- (“to grind”).

Noun

*ūn

flour

Declension

Declension of *ūn

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*ūn
Accusative	ūnnï, ūnug ⁴⁾, *ūnnïg ¹⁾
Genitive	*ūnnïŋ
Dative	*ūnka
Locative	*ūnta
Ablative	*ūntan
Allative	*ūngaru
Instrumental ²⁾	*ūnun
Equative ²⁾	*ūnča
Similative ²⁾	*ūnlayu
Comitative ²⁾	*ūnlugu

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

Oghur:
- Chuvash: ҫӑнӑх (śănăh)

Arghu:
- Khalaj: hûn
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: un
  - Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (un)
    - Turkish: un
    - Gagauz: un
- Salar: un
- Turkmen: ūn
Karluk:
- Karakhanid:
  - Chagatai:
    - Uyghur: ئۇن (un)
    - Uzbek: un
Kipchak: [script needed] (un)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: он (on)
  - Tatar: он (on)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: un
  - Karachay-Balkar: ун (un)
  - Karaim: ун
  - Kumyk: ун (un)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: un
    - Kazakh: ұн (ūn)
    - Nogai: ун (un)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: ун (un)
    - Southern Altai: ун (un)
Siberian:
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: unĭh, un
    - Shor: ун

References

in Turkic Lexicon. [1]
Talât Tekin, (1994), “Türk Dillerinde Ön Seste y- Türemesi”, Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları 4, page:53.[2]
Eren, H. (1973). Çuvaş Dilinin Etymologique Sözlüğü. Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı - Belleten, 20, 241-265.[3]