Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yāyïn

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 1

Noun

*yāyïn

1. sheatfish, catfish
2. salmon

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ҫуйӑн (śujăn)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: یاین (yayın), یایین (yayın)
      • Turkish: yayın
      • → Armenian: յայըն (yayən)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: йәйен (yəyen)
    • Tatar: җәен (cäyen)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: yayın
    • Kumyk: яйын (yayın)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: жайын (jaiyn)
      • Nogai: яйын (yayın)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: жайын (jayın)
      • Southern Altai: јайын (ǰayïn)

Etymology 2

From *yāy (“summer”) +‎ *-ïn (“instrumental suffix”).

Adverb

*yāyïn

1. in the summer, during summer

   Synonym: *yāŕïn

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Salar: yiyin
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: йәйен (yəyen)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: жайын (jayın)
    • Southern Altai: јайын (ǰayïn)
• Siberian:
  • Dolgan: һайын
  • Yakut: сайын (sayïn)
  • Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰖𐰣 (y¹y¹n¹ /⁠yayın⁠/)
  • Tuvan: чайын (çayın)