Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kün

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

*kün

  1. day
    Coordinate terms: *tün (night), *kēče (late, evening), *ẹ̄r (early, morning), *yarïn (morning, tomorrow)
  2. sun

Declension

Declension of *kün
singular 3)
nominative *kün
accusative *künüg, *künni1)
genitive *künnüŋ
dative *künke
locative *künte
ablative *künten
allative *küngerü
instrumental 2) *künün
equative 2) *künče
similative 2) *künleyü
comitative 2) *künlügü
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Volga Bulgar: كُوَان (kön, day)
      • Chuvash: кун (kun, day)
    • Danube Bulgar: χων (kon, day)
  • Arghu:
  • Karluk:
  • Oghuz:
  • Kipchak: کون (kün)
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰤 (kün² /⁠kün⁠/)
    • Old Uyghur: 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 (kwyn /⁠kün⁠/)
      • Western Yugur: kun (/⁠kun⁠/, sun, day)
      • Western Yugur: kunengər (/⁠kun engïr⁠/, next year)
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*kün

  1. person
    Synonym: *kiši

Declension

Declension of *kün
singular 3)
nominative *kün
accusative *künüg, *künni1)
genitive *künnüŋ
dative *künke
locative *künte
ablative *künten
allative *küngerü
instrumental 2) *künün
equative 2) *künče
similative 2) *künleyü
comitative 2) *künlügü
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.

Derived terms

  • *ēl kün (world)

Derived terms

  • *-gün (plurality suffix for people)