Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ilme

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

Etymology

Similarities to Indo-European languages open to debate, an early interaction with Slavic languages is possible. See Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Noun

*ilme

asp (tree)
elm (tree)
Synonym: *yöke

Declension

Declension of *ilme
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*ilme
accusative	ilmeg, ilmeni¹⁾
genitive	*ilmeniŋ
dative	*ilmeke
locative	*ilmede
ablative	*ilmeden
allative	*ilmegerü
instrumental ²⁾	*ilmen
equative ²⁾	*ilmeče
similative ²⁾	*ilmeleyü
comitative ²⁾	*ilmeligü

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: йӗлме (jĕlme)

Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
  - Karachay-Balkar: элме (elme)
  - Kumyk: элме (elme)
- South Kipchak:
  - Nogai: элмен (élmen)
- Nort Kipchak:
  - Tatar: елмә (yelmä)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ilme”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 338
Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 126