Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ingek

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

Derived from the unattested root *in- and cognate to *in-gen (“female camel”).

Akin to Khitan 𘭌 (*uni, “ox”) and Proto-Mongolic *ünixen (“cow”), compare Mongolian үнээ (ünee). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*ingek

1. cow

Declension

Declension of *ingek

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*ingek
Accusative	*ingekni, *ingekig 4), *ingeknig 1)
Genitive	*ingekniŋ
Dative	*ingekke
Locative	*ingekde
Ablative	*ingekden
Allative	*ingekgerü
Instrumental 2)	*ingekin
Equative 2)	*ingekče
Similative 2)	*ingekleyü
Comitative 2)	*ingekligü

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.

Related terms

• *in
• *ingen
• *-gak

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ӗне (ĕne)
• Common Turkic:

• Medieval:
  • Karakhanid: اِنكاكْ (ingek), اِنْكَكْ (ingek)
  • Old Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰛 (ingek)
    • Old Uyghur: ՚ynk՚k (ingek)
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak: [script needed] (inek)
    • Mamluk-Kipchak: [Arabic needed] (inek)
  • Khorezmian: [script needed] (inek)
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: inək
    • Ottoman Turkish: اینك (inek)
      • Gagauz: inek
      • Turkish: inek
  • Salar: inek
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: инек (inek)
    • Karachay-Balkar: ийнек (iynek)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak
      • Kyrgyz: инек (inek)
      • Southern Altai: ийнек (iynek), инек (inek)
• Karluk:
  • Chagatai: اینک (inek)
    • Uyghur: ئىنەك (inek)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: ынах (ınaq)
  • South Siberian:
    • Western Yugur: [script needed] (inek)
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: инек (inek)
      • Tofa: инэк
      • Soyot: инэк (inek), инәк
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: інек (ìnek)
      • Shor: инек
• → Hungarian: ünő

See also

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ït	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*in-gek (/*ɨn-gak), *in-ken”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ingek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 184