Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ïnan-

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

• *inen-

Etymology

Reflexive of *ïna-, related to Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (inak, “trustful (person)”), Turkish inak (“dogma”); Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (inam, “bailee; faith”), Turkish inam (“deposit”), Azerbaijani inam (“believing, trust, faith”) and Kumyk инам (inam, “faith”). Relation with Common Turkic *ïšan-, *išen- (“to believe, trust”) is not clear.

Verb

*ïnan-

1. (intransitive) to believe
2. (intransitive) to trust, rely on

Descendants

• → Mongolian: үнэн (ünen, “reality, truth”)
• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ӗнен (ĕnen)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: inanmaq
    • Ottoman Turkish: اینانمق (inanmak)
      • Turkish: inanmak
  • Turkmen: ynanmak
  • Salar: ınan
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (ınanmaq)
    • Uzbek: inonmoq
    • Uyghur: ئىنەنمەك (inenmek)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: инаныу (inanıw)
    • Tatar: инанырга (inanırga)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: inanmaq
    • Kumyk: инанмакъ (inanmaq)
    • Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (iynan-)
    • Karaim: инанмакъ
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: нану (nanu)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: ынануу (ınanuu)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (ınan-)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ınan-)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • ⇒ Tuvan: ынаныш (ınanış)