Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čortan
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely comparable to Proto-Mongolic *curukaï (“pike”) and Proto-Tungusic *čōr- (“pike”). Thus, analyzable as *čor- + *-tan.
Compare Mongolian цурхай (curxaj, “pike”) and Solon соралди (soraldi, “pike”).
Noun[edit]
*čortan
- pike (fish)
Declension[edit]
Declension of *čortan
| Singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *čortan |
| Accusative | *čortannï, *čortanïg 4), *čortannïg 1) |
| Genitive | *čortannïŋ |
| Dative | *čortanka |
| Locative | *čortanta |
| Ablative | *čortantan |
| Allative | *čortangaru |
| Instrumental 2) | *čortanïn |
| Equative 2) | *čortanča |
| Similative 2) | *čortanlayu |
| Comitative 2) | *čortanlïgu |
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.
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[edit]
- Oghur:
- Chuvash: ҫӑртан (śărt̬an)
- Common Turkic:
References[edit]
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čortan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill