Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kẹlin

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

Etymology

Probably a derivation from *kẹle- or *kẹl- (“to come”) +‎ *-in.

Noun

*kẹlin

1. bride
2. daughter-in-law
3. sister-in-law

   Meronym: (bridegroom, son-in-law, brother-in-law) *küdegü

Declension

Declension of *kẹlin

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kẹlin
Accusative	*kẹlinni, *kẹlinig 4), *kẹlinnig 1)
Genitive	*kẹlinniŋ
Dative	*kẹlinke
Locative	*kẹlinte
Ablative	*kẹlinten
Allative	*kẹlingerü
Instrumental 2)	*kẹlinin
Equative 2)	*kẹlinče
Similative 2)	*kẹlinleyü
Comitative 2)	*kẹlinligü

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: кин (kin)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: kəlin
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: gəlin
      • → Khalaj: gəlin
    • Ottoman Turkish: كلین (gelin)
      • Gagauz: gelin
      • Turkish: gelin
  • Salar: kiyne
  • Turkmen: gelin
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: كَلِنْ (kelin)
    • Uyghur: كېلىن (këlin)
    • Uzbek: келин (kelin)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: килен (kilen)
    • Tatar: килен (kilen)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: kelin, келин
    • Karachay-Balkar: келин (kelin)
    • Karaim: килен
    • Krymchak: келин
    • Kumyk: гелин (gelin)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: келин (kelin)
    • Southern Altai: келин (kelin)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: kelin
    • Kazakh: келін (kelın)
    • Nogai: келин (kelin)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰠𐰤 (kl²n²)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: келин (kelin)
  • Yenisei:
    • Shor: келин