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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/imen

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
  • *ermen

Noun

*imen

  1. oak

Declension
Declension of *imen
Singular 3)
Nominative *imen
Accusative *imenni, *imenig 4), *imennig 1)
Genitive *imenniŋ
Dative *imenke
Locative *imente
Ablative *imenten
Allative *imengerü
Instrumental 2) *imenin
Equative 2) *imenče
Similative 2) *imenleyü
Comitative 2) *imenligü
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: юман (juman)
  • Oghuz:
    • East Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
    • Uyghur: ئېمەن (ëmen)
    • Uzbek: eman
  • Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
    • Nort Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Southern Altai: эрмен (ermen)
  • Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Yeniseian:
        • Khakas: ибен (iben)

References
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*imen”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 42
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 124
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