Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sebin-

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

From *seb- (“to love”) +‎ *-in- (“reflexive suffix”).

Verb

*sebin-

1. (intransitive) to rejoice; to be happy, to be glad, to be joyful

Derived terms

• *sebin-č (“joy, rejoicing”)
• *sebin-iĺ
• *sebin-igme
• *sebin-mek
• *sebin-ir
• *sebin-teči
• *sebin-güči
• *sebin-gey
• *sebin-miĺ
• *sebin-dük
• *sebin-gen
• *sebin-e
• *sebin-ü
• *sebin-ip
• *sebin-geli
• *sebin-me-
  • *sebin-me-ŕ
• *sebin-tür-

Descendants

• Karakhanid: سَڤُنْماكْ (sevünmēk), سَڤِنْماكْ (sevinmēk)
• Old Turkic
  • Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰋𐰤 (sebin-)
  • Old Uyghur: sʾβynmʾk (sevinmek)
• Oghuz
  • Ottoman Turkish: سونمك (sevinmek)
    • Turkish: sevinmek
• Kypchak
  • Bashkir: һөйөнөү (höyönöw, “to be glad, to rejoice”)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: сүйүнүү (süyünüü)

Further reading

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sevin-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 790