Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kertme

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

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kedemen. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kertme

  1. (Kipchak) pear

Declension

Declension of *kertme (Common Turkic)
singular plural 2)
nominative *kertme *kertmeler
accusative
genitive *kertmeniŋ *kertmelerniŋ
dative *kertmeke *kertmelerke
locative *kertmede *kertmelerde
ablative *kertmeden *kertmelerden
instrumental 1) *kertmelerin
equative 1) *kertmeče *kertmelerče
1) The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
2) This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

  • Kipchak: كرتما (kärtmä)
    • West Kipchak
      • Crimean Tatar: kertme
      • Kumyk: gertme
      • Karaim: gertme
      • Karachay-Balkar: kertme
    • South Kipchak
      • Nogai: kertpe
    • Hungarian: körte
    • Ossetian: кӕрдо (kærdo)

References

  • Róna-Tas, András, Berta, Árpád, Károly, László (2011) West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 602