Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tōn

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

*tōn

Declension

Declension of *tōn
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*tōn
accusative	tōnug, tōnnï¹⁾
genitive	*tōnnuŋ
dative	*tōnka
locative	*tōnta
ablative	*tōntan
allative	*tōngaru
instrumental ²⁾	*tōnun
equative ²⁾	*tōnča
similative ²⁾	*tōnlayu
comitative ²⁾	*tōnlugu

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: тум (tum)
Proto-Common Turkic: *tōn

Arghu
- Khalaj: tôn
Oghuz
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: don
  - Ottoman Turkish: طون
    - Gagauz: don (“pants”)
    - Turkish: don
    - → Armenian: տոն (ton), դոն (don)
- Turkmen: don (“dressing gown”)
Karluk
- Karakhanid: تُنْ (ton)
Kipchak
- ⇒ Khorezmian Turkic: تونوماق (tonumaq)
- North Kipchak
  - Bashkir: тун (tun)
  - Tatar: тун (tun)
- West Kipchak
  - Kumyk: тон (ton)
  - Karachay-Balkar: тон (ton)
  - Crimean Tatar: don
- East Kipchak
  - Southern Altai: тон (ton)
  - Kyrgyz: тон (ton)
  - Teleut тон
- South Kipchak
  - Karakalpak: тон
  - Kazakh: тон (ton)
  - Nogai: тон (ton)
Siberian
- Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰣 (ton)
  - North Siberian
    - >? Yakut: таҥас (tañas)
  - South Siberian
    - Khakas: тон (ton)
    - Western Yugur: ton (“garment, dress”)
    - Tuvan: тон (ton)
    - Shor: тон
    - Tofa: дон

References

Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages 262-264