Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/üčün

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

From Proto-Turkic *üč- +‎ *-ün.

Compare to Proto-Mongolic *uč-ir (“cause, reason”), Proto-Tungusic *uč-ik (“case, fate”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Preposition

*üčün

1. because of, for the sake of, for

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: -шӑн (-šăn), -шӗн (-šĕn)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: ایچون (içün)
    • Ajem-Turkic:
      • Azerbaijani: اوچون, üçün
      • Qashqai: ایچی (içi)
    • Ottoman Turkish: ایچون (içün)
      • Turkish: için
      • Gagauz: için
  • Salar: üçün
  • Turkmen: üçin
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (üçün)
    • Khorezmian Turkic:
      • Chagatai: اوچون (üçün)
        • Ili Turki: ičin
        • Uzbek: uchun
        • Uyghur: ئۈچۈن (üchün)
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: içün
      • Urum: ичин (için), ичӱн (içün), ӱчӱ (üçü), ӱчӱн (üçün), чин (çin), чӱн (çün)
    • Karachay-Balkar: ючюн (yuçün)
    • Karaim: учун (uçun), ицин (itsin), ӱчюнь (üçyuń)
    • Kumyk: учун (uçun)
    • Krymchak: ичӱн (içün), ӱчӱн (üçün)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: өсөн (ösön)
    • Tatar: өчен (öçen)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: үшін (üşın)
      • Karakalpak: ушын (uşın)
      • Nogai: уьшин (üşin)
      • Siberian Tatar: өцөн (ötsön)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: үчүн (ücün)
      • Southern Altai: учун (učun)
        • Tuba-Kizhi: учун (uçun)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic:
    • Yenisei Kyrgyz: 𐰇𐰲𐰥 (üčn² /⁠üčün⁠/)
    • Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰲𐰤 (üčn² /⁠üčün⁠/)
      • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (üčün)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: иһин (ihin)
    • Dolgan: иһин (ihin)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: ужун (ujun)
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Chulym: [script needed] (üçün)
      • Khakas: ӱчӱн (üçün)
      • Shor: ӱчӱн (üǯün)
      • Northern Altai:
        • Kumandy-Kizhi: учун (učun), ушун (ušun)
        • Kuu-Kizhi: ӱжӱн (üžün)

References

• Straughn, Christopher A. (2023) “for”, in Turkic database at Elegant Lexicon