Reconstruction talk:Proto-Turkic/kēnč

Why the initial short vowel and the final vowel?

The final vowel in Mongolic probably doesn't exist due to not allowing a final cluster -nç.

Oghuz (oblique) forms genc- also prove an original long vowel, don't they? Yorınçga573 (talk) 23:29, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Right, maybe Azerbaijani gənc is a reflex of a long vowel. Last vowel probably reconstructed due to Chuvash. BurakD53 (talk) 09:40, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

The final vowel in Chuvash is probably due to original vowel length (see Tekin (1995) page 155 for other instances).

Aside from Azerbaijani, Turkmen and DLT also proves the long vowel. Yorınçga573 (talk) 10:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

I see, it should be long. BurakD53 (talk) 14:58, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

I'm not sure about last vowel but if you are, I Support BurakD53 (talk) 15:05, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

I should also note that Yegerov (p95) considers the Chuvash word to be from خواجه (xâje) and Fedotov(v1, p242) suggests a borrowing from Mari, not the other way around. Yorınçga573 (talk) 18:29, 17 September 2023 (UTC)