Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kertme

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

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kedemen. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kertme

1. (Common Turkic) pear

Declension

Declension of *kertme (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*kertme	*kertmeler
accusative
genitive	*kertmeniŋ	*kertmelerniŋ
dative	*kertmeke	*kertmelerke
locative	*kertmede	*kertmelerde
ablative	*kertmeden	*kertmelerden
instrumental1)		*kertmelerin
equative1)	*kertmeče	*kertmelerče

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Kipchak: كرتما (kärtmä)
  • West Kipchak
    • Crimean Tatar: kertme
    • Kumyk: gertme
    • Karaim: gertme
    • Karachay-Balkar: kertme
  • South Kipchak
    • Nogai: kertpe
  • → Hungarian: körte
  • → Ossetian: кӕрдо (kærdo)

References

• Róna-Tas, András, Berta, Árpád, Károly, László (2011) West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag