Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kï̄n

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

*kï̄n

sheath, scabbard (of swords)

Declension

Declension of *kï̄n
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*kï̄n
accusative	kï̄nïg, kï̄nnï¹⁾
genitive	*kï̄nnïŋ
dative	*kï̄nka
locative	*kï̄nta
ablative	*kï̄ntan
allative	*kï̄ngaru
instrumental ²⁾	*kï̄nïn
equative ²⁾	*kï̄nča
similative ²⁾	*kï̄nlayu
comitative ²⁾	*kï̄nlïgu

¹⁾ Originally used only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: йӗнӗ (jĕnĕ)
Common Turkic:

Proto-Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Azerbaijani: qın
  - Ottoman Turkish: قین (kın)
    - Turkish: kın
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: gyn
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (qın)
  - Uyghur: قىن (qin)
  - Uzbek: qin
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: ҡын (qın)
  - Tatar: кын (qın)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: qın
  - Karaim: kyn
  - Karachay-Balkar: къын (qın)
  - Kumyk: къын (qın)
- South Kipchak:
  - Karakalpak: qın
  - Kazakh: қын (qyn)
  - Nogai: кын (kın)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: кын (kın)
  - Southern Altai: кын (kïn)
Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qïn)
  - Western Yugur: qïn
- Northern Altai: кын (kïn)
- North Siberian:
  - Dolgan: кыын (kıın)
  - Yakut: кыын (kıın)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan Turkic:
    - Tofa: һын (hın)
    - Tuvan: хын (xın)
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: хын (xın)
    - Shor: қын (qın)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 630-631
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 264
Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Indrik, pages 217-218
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kï̄n”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 571