Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āy-

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

Verb

*āy-

(intransitive) to say, to tell

Derived terms

*ayït- (causative)

Descendants

Proto-Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: hâymaq
Oghuz
- Old Anatolian Turkish: ایمق (aymaq)
Karluk
- Karakhanid: اَیْماقْ (/⁠aymaq⁠/)
  - Khorezmian Turkic: ایماق (aymaq)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰖 (y¹)
- Yakut: ый (ïy, “to indicate”)
- South Siberian:
  - Northern Altai: айарга (ayarga)

⇒ Proto-Turkic: *āyït- (causative)
Oghur:
- Chuvash: ыйт (yjt)

Oghuz: اَیِتْماقْ (ʾayitmʾq /⁠ayïtmaq⁠/)
- Azerbaijani: ayıtmaq
- Old Anatolian Turkish: ایتمك (eyitmek, eytmek), ایتمق (ayıtmaq, aytmaq), ایدمك (eyidmek), اتمك (etmek)
  - Ottoman Turkish: ایتمك (eyitmek)
    - Turkish: eyitmek, ayıtmak
- Turkmen: aýtmak
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak
  - Bashkir: әйтеү (əytew)
  - Tatar: әйтергә (äytergä), Tatar: әйтү (äytü)
- West Kipchak
  - Kipchak: ayt (Codex Cumanicus)
    - Kumyk: айтмакъ (aytmaq)
    - Crimean Tatar: aytmaq
- South Kipchak
  - Kazakh: айту (aitu)
- East Kipchak
  - Kyrgyz: айтуу (aytuu)
  - Southern Altai: айдар (aydar)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: اَیِتْماقْ (ʾayitmʾq /⁠ayïtmaq⁠/)
  - Uzbek: aytmoq
  - Uyghur: ئېيتماق (ëytmaq)
Siberian:
- Yakut: ыйыт (ïyït, “to ask”, causative)