Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yï̄lan

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 Proto-Turkic *yï̄l- (“to creep”) +‎ *-lan.

Noun

*yï̄lan

1. snake

Declension

Declension of *yï̄lan

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*yï̄lan
Accusative	*yï̄lannï, *yï̄lanïg 4), *yï̄lannïg 1)
Genitive	*yï̄lannïŋ
Dative	*yï̄lanka
Locative	*yï̄lanta
Ablative	*yï̄lantan
Allative	*yï̄langaru
Instrumental 2)	*yï̄lanïn
Equative 2)	*yï̄lanča
Similative 2)	*yï̄lanlayu
Comitative 2)	*yï̄lanlïgu

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: ҫӗлен (śĕlen)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: yilân
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: ilan
    • Ottoman Turkish: ییلان (yılan)
      • Gagauz: yılan
      • Turkish: yılan
  • Salar: yilen
  • Turkmen: ýylān
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (yılan)
    • Uyghur: يىلان (yilan)
    • Uzbek: ilon
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: йылан (yılan)
    • Tatar: елан (yelan)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: cılan, yılan
    • Karachay-Balkar: джылан (cılan), жылан (jılan), жилян (jilyan)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (yilan)
    • Kumyk: йылан (yılan)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: [script needed] (jılan)
      • Kazakh: жылан (jylan)
      • Nogai: йылан (yılan)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: жылан (jılan)
      • Southern Altai: јылан (ǰïlan)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰣 (y¹il¹n¹)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (yılan)
      • Western Yugur: yilan
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: чулан (çulan)
      • Tuvan: чылан (çılan)
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: чылан (çılan)
      • Shor: чылан (çılan)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill