Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tōn

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

Noun

*tōn

1. clothing
2. dress
3. coat

Declension

Declension of *tōn

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*tōn
Accusative	*tōnnï, *tōnug 4), *tōnnïg 1)
Genitive	*tōnnïŋ
Dative	*tōnka
Locative	*tōnta
Ablative	*tōntan
Allative	*tōngaru
Instrumental 2)	*tōnun
Equative 2)	*tōnča
Similative 2)	*tōnlayu
Comitative 2)	*tōnlugu

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: тум (tum)
• Common Turkic: *tōn

• Arghu
  • Khalaj: tôn
• Oghuz
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: don
    • Ottoman Turkish: طون
      • Gagauz: don (“pants”)
      • Turkish: don
      • → Armenian: տոն (ton), դոն (don)
  • Turkmen: don (“dressing gown”)
• Karluk
  • Karakhanid: تُنْ (ton)
• Kipchak
  • ⇒ Khorezmian Turkic: تونوماق (tonumaq)
  • North Kipchak
    • Bashkir: тун (tun)
    • Tatar: тун (tun)
  • West Kipchak
    • Kumyk: тон (ton)
    • Karachay-Balkar: тон (ton)
    • Crimean Tatar: don
  • East Kipchak
    • Southern Altai: тон (ton)
    • Kyrgyz: тон (ton)
    • Teleut тон
  • South Kipchak
    • Karakalpak: тон
    • Kazakh: тон (ton)
    • Nogai: тон (ton)
• Siberian
  • Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰣 (ton)
    • North Siberian
      • >? Yakut: таҥас (tañas)
    • South Siberian
      • Khakas: тон (ton)
      • Western Yugur: ton (“garment, dress”)
      • Tuvan: тон (ton)
      • Shor: тон
      • Tofa: дон

References

• Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages 262-264