Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kēp
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kexe (“ornament, form, example”). Compared also Proto-Tungusic *kepe (“jaw; gills; boards (on boat's front)”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
[edit]*kēp
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kēp
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *kēp |
| Accusative | *kēpig, *kēpni1) |
| Genitive | *kēpniŋ |
| Dative | *kēpke |
| Locative | *kēpde |
| Ablative | *kēpden |
| Allative | *kēpgerü |
| Instrumental 2) | *kēpin |
| Equative 2) | *kēpče |
| Similative 2) | *kēpleyü |
| Comitative 2) | *kēpligü |
1) Originally only in pronominal declension.
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.
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.
Derived terms
[edit]- Common Turkic: *kēpi (“like”)
Descendants
[edit]- Oghur:
- Common Turkic:
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (kep/kip)
- → Turkish: kip
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (kep/kip)
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
References
[edit]- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gēp”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill