Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/idi

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

Reconstruction notes

  • Clauson considers the possibility of the reflexives in modern descendants with a final e and/or a middle g being from a separate root, however, he rather considers it an irregular sound change.[1]
  • Oldest attestations can be read both as /i-/ or /e-/ and there exist regular reflexives in modern languages that would support both proposed forms. It is listed here with an initial *i- out of convention.

Etymology

Compare Mongolian эзэн (ezen), a Turkic borrowing. [1]

Noun

*idi

  1. owner, possessor
  2. Lord, God

Descendants

  • Proto-Mongolic: *ejen[1]
    • Mongolian: эзэн (ezen)
    • Yakut: эжэн (ezhen)
    • ? Proto-Tungusic: *edī (husband, mate) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: ایه (eye, iye), اسی (issi), اذی (iẕi), اكن (egen), اس (is, ıs)
      • Azerbaijani: yiyə
      • Ottoman Turkish: ایه (eye, iye), ایكه (iğe)
      • Salar: iye
      • Turkmen: eýe
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Bulgar:
      • Bashkir: эйә (eyə)
      • Tatar: ия (iyä)
      • Chuvash: ие (ie, bad spirit)
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
      • Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (iy)
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: ээ (ee)
      • Southern Altai: ээ (ee)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: اِذٖی (/⁠iḏi, éḏi⁠/), 𐽰𐽶𐽸𐽶 (ʾydy /⁠iḏi⁠/) (Qutadġu Bitig)
      • Khorezmian Turkic: ایذی (ʾyḏy /⁠iḏi, eḏi⁠/), ایدی (ʾydy /⁠idi, edi⁠/), ایکا (ʾygʾ /⁠egä⁠/)
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰓𐰃 (id²i)
    • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽶𐽸𐽶 (ʾydy /⁠⁠édi⁠/, queen, consort)
    • South Siberian Turkic:
      • Sayan:
      • Yenisei:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iḏi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41

Further reading

  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) “*idi”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 169
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük