Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ań-

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

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Verb

*ań-

1. (intransitive) to fear

   Synonyms: *kork-, *ürk-

Descendants

• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: اَيِغْ (ayïg)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰪 (ań-), 𐰪𐱃 (ańït-, “to frighten”), 𐰪𐰃𐰍 (ańïg, “bad”)
    • ⇒ Old Uyghur: ʾʾyyγ (ayïg), 𐰖𐰃𐰣 (y¹in¹ /⁠ayın-⁠/)
  • North Siberian:
    • ⇒ Dolgan: аньыы
    • ⇒ Yakut: аньыы (aňïï)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “añığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 182