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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/lāčïn

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 ultimate origin is unknown but thought to be external, due to the initial consonant /l/ being untypical for native Turkic lexicon. The source is believed to be other than Mongolic, since the areas where the term occurs is untypical for Mongolic borrowings in Turkic[1]. Mongolian начин (način) is considered to be a borrowing from Turkic itself, whereas Tuvan начин (naçin) is a back-loan from Mongolian[2]. Clauson believes the source to be ultimately Tokharian [3]. Also, compare with Proto-Nakh *laači (“falcon”); Lak лачин (lačin, “falcon”); Avar лаче́н (lačén, “falcon”). Nishanyan proposes a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ala + *-čin by apheresis.[4]

Noun

*lāčïn

  1. falcon

Descendants
  • Middle Mongol: ᠨᠠᠴᠢᠨ (način)
    • Mongolian: начин (način)
    • → Tuvan: начин (naçin)
    • → Korean: 난추니 (nanchuni)
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: лачӑм (lač̬ăm), лаччӑн (laččăn)

References
  1. Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 651
  2. Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), volume 4, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 12
  3. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “la:čın”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 763
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “laçin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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