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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yuŋ

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
  • *ńuŋ

Etymology

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *nuŋ-gasun (“wool”),[1] Proto-Tungusic *nuŋ-ari (“wool, down”).[2]

Noun

*yuŋ

  1. wool

Declension
Declension of *yuŋ
Singular 3)
Nominative *yuŋ
Accusative *yuŋnï, *yuŋug 4), *yuŋnïg 1)
Genitive *yuŋnïŋ
Dative *yuŋka
Locative *yuŋda
Ablative *yuŋdan
Allative *yuŋgaru
Instrumental 2) *yuŋun
Equative 2) *yuŋča
Similative 2) *yuŋlayu
Comitative 2) *yuŋlugu
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: ҫӑм (śăm)
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: يُونكْ (yuŋ/yūŋ), يُنكْلاماقْ (yuŋlāmāq)[3]
  • Kipchak::
    • North Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: yün
      • Karachay-Balkar: джюн (cün)
      • Kumyk: юн (yun)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Karakalpak: ju'n
      • Kazakh: жүн (jün)
      • Nogai: юн (yun)
    • East Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • South Siberian
      • Yenisei:
        • Khakas: чӱн (çün)
        • Shor: нӱг
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: чүң (çüñ)
      • Western Yugur: yun, yün, yüŋ

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (2002) Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 235
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*juŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 3, 404 No per item for yuŋ. Length in sentence can be different.
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