< Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic

Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kün

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

Noun

*kün

  1. day
    Coordinate terms: *tün (“night”), *kēče (“late, evening”), *ẹ̄r (“early, morning”), *yạrïn (“morning, tomorrow”)
  2. sun

Declension
Declension of *kün
Singular 3)
Nominative *kün
Accusative *künni, *künüg 4), *künnig 1)
Genitive *künniŋ
Dative *künke
Locative *künte
Ablative *künten
Allative *küngerü
Instrumental 2) *künün
Equative 2) *künče
Similative 2) *künleyü
Comitative 2) *künlügü
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.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Oghur:
    • Volga Bulgar: كُوَان (kön, “day”)
      • Chuvash: кун (kun, “day”)
    • Danube Bulgar: χων (kon, “day”)
  • Arghu:
  • Karluk:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Turkmen: gün
    • Salar:
  • Kipchak: کون (kün)
    • North Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
        • Kazakh: күн (kün)
        • Karakalpak: күн (ku'n)
        • Nogai: куьн (kün)
      • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰤 (kün² /⁠kün⁠/)
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
      • Yenisei:
        • Khakas: кӱн (kün)
        • Shor:
        • Western Yugur:
  • →? Proto-Tocharian: *kaun

Etymology 2

Possibly a cognate with Proto-Mongolic *kümün (“person”) if from earlier *küxün (“person”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kün

  1. person
    Synonym: *kiši

Declension
Declension of *kün
Singular 3)
Nominative *kün
Accusative *künni, *künüg 4), *künnig 1)
Genitive *künniŋ
Dative *künke
Locative *künte
Ablative *künten
Allative *küngerü
Instrumental 2) *künün
Equative 2) *künče
Similative 2) *künleyü
Comitative 2) *künlügü
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.

Derived terms
  • *ēl kün (“world”)

Derived terms
  • *-gün (“plurality suffix for people”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.