Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kẹlin
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
Probably a derivation from *kẹle- (“to woo, ask”) or *kẹl- (“to come”) + *-in.
Noun
*kẹlin
- bride
- daughter-in-law
- sister-in-law
- Meronym: (bridegroom, son-in-law, brother-in-law) *küdegü
Declension
| singular 3) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *kẹlin |
| accusative | *kẹlinig, *kẹlinni1) |
| genitive | *kẹlinniŋ |
| dative | *kẹlinke |
| locative | *kẹlinte |
| ablative | *kẹlinten |
| allative | *kẹlingerü |
| instrumental 2) | *kẹlinin |
| equative 2) | *kẹlinče |
| similative 2) | *kẹlinleyü |
| comitative 2) | *kẹlinligü |
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.
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: кин (kin)
- Common Turkic:
- Arghu:
- Khalaj: kəlin
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
- East Kipchak:
- South Kipchak:
- Siberian:
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gẹlin”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill