Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/nē erse

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

From *nē- (“what”) + *erse (“if, if it is”). Compare *kem erse (“no one”).

Pronoun

*nē erse

  1. what

Noun

*nē erse

  1. thing

Descendants

  • Proto-Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: نسه (nese)
    • ⇒ Old Anatolian Turkish: نسنه (nesne, nesene), نسته (nẹste), نسه (nese), نسنه‌نه (nesnene) (< nese-ne)
      • Azerbaijani: nəsnə, (dialectal) nestə
      • Gagauz: nestä
      • Ottoman Turkish: نسنه (nesne, nesene), نسته (neste)
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
      • Mamluk-Kipchak: [script needed] (nese)
        • ⇒ Crimean Tatar: nesne (<nese-ne)
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: 𐽺𐾂𐽰 𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽰 (ṅʾ ʾrsʾ /⁠ne erse⁠/)
      • Chagatai: [script needed] (närsä)
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: [script needed] (nerse)

Further reading

  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) “närsä, näsnä”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 353
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nesne”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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