Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yab-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*yaw, *yam-, *yab

Etymology 1

Verb

*yab- (intransitive) (?)

1. unattested verb, the meaning is probably about negative things.

Derived terms

• *yab-lak (“bad”)
  • >? Chuvash: япӑх (jap̬ăh)
• *yab-ïŕ (“bad”)
  • *yabïr-a-l- (“to make mistake”)
• *yab-al
  • Khakas: чабал (çabal), чабыл (çabıl)
  • Mrass Shor: чабал (çabal)
• *yab-man (“bad, wicked; sickness”)
• *yab-ïnč
• *yabrï-g (“newborn child or animal; child”)
• *ya-čan- (“to be ashamed, embarrassed”) (?)
• *yab-gan (“unpleasant”)

Descendants

• Karluk:
  • Chagatai: [script needed] (yav, “enemy”)