Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tilkü

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

Alternative reconstructions

*tülki

Etymology

Connected to Proto-Tungusic *tulge (“wolf”) by EDAL.

Noun

*tilkü

fox

Declension

Declension of *tilkü

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*tilkü
Accusative	tilküni, tilküg ⁴⁾, *tilkünig ¹⁾
Genitive	*tilküniŋ
Dative	*tilküke
Locative	*tilküde
Ablative	*tilküden
Allative	*tilkügerü
Instrumental ²⁾	*tilkün
Equative ²⁾	*tilküče
Similative ²⁾	*tilküleyü
Comitative ²⁾	*tilkülügü

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: тилӗ (tilĕ)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: tilkü
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: دلكو (dilkü)
  - Azerbaijani: tülkü
  - Ottoman Turkish: تلكی (tilki)
    - Turkish: tilki
    - Gagauz: tilki
- Turkmen: tilki
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (tilkü, tilki)
  - Uyghur: تۈلكە (tülke)
  - Uzbek: tulki
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: төлкө (tölkö)
  - Tatar: төлке (tölke)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kipchak-Nogai:
    - Karakalpak: [script needed] (tülki)
    - Kazakh: түлкі (tülkı)
    - Nogai: туьлки (tülki)
  - Kyrgyz–Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: түлкү (tülkü)
    - Southern Altai: тӱлкӱ (tülkü)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: tilki
  - Karachay-Balkar: тюлкю (tülkü)
  - Kumyk: тюлкю (tülkü)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: [script needed] (tilkü)
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tilkü)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan Turkic:
    - Tuvan: дилги (dilgi)
    - Khakas: тӱлгӱ (tülgü)
    - Shor: тӱлгӱ

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ït	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: kȫĺek, botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: keyik, sïgun, bulan, bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-01-27) “tilki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tilkü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 498
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tülki / tilkü”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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