Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-eyin

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

preceding vowel
A / Ï / O / U	E / I / Ö / Ü
*-ayïn	*-eyin

Suffix

*-eyin

(Common Turkic) Suffix forming first-person singular imperative
‎*seb- (“to love”) + ‎*-eyin → ‎*sebeyin (“I must love!”)

Descendants

Proto-Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- >? Azerbaijani: -im, -ım
- >? Turkish: -eyim, -ayım (possibly, instead from *-gey + -im)
- Turkmen: -aýyn, -eýin
Kipchak:
- Kipchak-Bulgar:
  - Bashkir: -айым (-ayım), -әйем (-əyem), -йым (-yım), -йем (-yem)
  - Tatar: -ыйм (-ıym), -им (-im)
- Kipchak-Cuman:
  - Crimean Tatar: -ayım, -eyim, -yım, -yim
  - Karachay-Balkar: -айым (-ayım), -ейим (-yeyim), -йым (-yım), -йим (-yim)
  - Kumyk: -айым (-ayım), -ейим (-yeyim), -йым (-yım), -йим (-yim)
- Kipchak-Nogai:
  - Karakalpak: -айын, -ейин, -йын, -йин
  - Kazakh: -айын (-aiyn), -ейін (-eiın), -йын (-iyn), -йін (-iın)
  - Nogai: -айым (-ayım), -ейим (-yeyim), -йым (-yım), -йим (-yim)
- Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: -айын (-ayın), -ейин (-yeyin), -йын (-yın), -йин (-yin)
  - Southern Altai: -айын (-ayïn), -ейин (-yeyin)
Siberian Turkic:
- Old Turkic: 𐰘𐰤 (y²n²), 𐰖𐰣 (y¹n¹)
- Old Uyghur: -𐽰𐽶𐽶𐽺 (-ʾyyn)
- North Siberian Turkic:
  - >? Yakut: -ыым (-ıım), -иим (-iim), -уум (-uum), -үүм (-üüm)

References

Erdal, Marcel (2004) “-(A)yIn”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 235