Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sāyïn

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

The form *sāyu seen in the Siberian languages are from *sā- (“to count”) +‎ *-yu (“gerundive suffix”) and the rest of the forms seem to be extended with *-ïn (“instrumental suffix”) from that.

Postposition

*sāyïn

1. every

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar: -ڛَم
    • Chuvash: -сем (-sem)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Turkmen: sāýyn
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Chagatai:
      • Uzbek: sayin
      • Uyghur: [script needed] (sayın)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: һайын (hayın)
    • Tatar: саен (sayen)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: сайын (sayın)
    • Karachay-Balkar: сайын (sayın)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: sayın
      • Kazakh: сайын (saiyn)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: сайын (sayın)
      • Southern Altai: сайын (sayïn)

• Common Turkic: *sāyu

• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰽𐰖𐰆 (sayu)
    • Old Uyghur: s՚yw
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: аайы (aayı)
  • South Siberian:
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: сай (say)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sayu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 858