Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/imen

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *ermen

Noun

*imen

1. oak

Declension

Declension of *imen

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*imen
Accusative	*imenni, *imenig 4), *imennig 1)
Genitive	*imenniŋ
Dative	*imenke
Locative	*imente
Ablative	*imenten
Allative	*imengerü
Instrumental 2)	*imenin
Equative 2)	*imenče
Similative 2)	*imenleyü
Comitative 2)	*imenligü

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: юман (juman)

• Oghuz:
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: imen
• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: ئېمەن (ëmen)
  • Uzbek: eman
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: emen
    • Karachay-Balkar: эмен (emen)
    • Kumyk: эмен (emen)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: емен (emen)
  • Nort Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: имән (imən)
    • Tatar: имән (imän)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Southern Altai: эрмен (ermen)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Yeniseian:
      • Khakas: ибен (iben)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*imen”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 42
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 124