Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/temürči

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 *temür (“iron”) +‎ *-či (“occupational suffix”).

Noun

*temürči

smith, blacksmith

Declension

Declension of *temürči
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*temürči
accusative	temürčig, temürčini¹⁾
genitive	*temürčiniŋ
dative	*temürčike
locative	*temürčide
ablative	*temürčiden
allative	*temürčigerü
instrumental ²⁾	*temürčin
equative ²⁾	*temürčiče
similative ²⁾	*temürčileyü
comitative ²⁾	*temürčiligü

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:
- Volga Bulgar: تمرج
  - Chuvash: тимӗрҫӗ (timĕrś̬ĕ)
Proto-Common Turkic:

Oghuz
- Old Anatolian Turkish: دمورجی (demürci)
  - Azerbaijani: dəmirçi
  - Ottoman Turkish: دمورجی (demirci, demürci)
    - Turkish: demirci
- Turkmen: demirçi
Kipchak
- Kipchak-Bulgar:
  - Bashkir: тимерсе (timerse)
  - Tatar: тимерче (timerçe)
- Kipchak-Cuman:
  - Kipchak: [script needed] (temirči)
- Kipchak-Nogai:
  - Kazakh: темірші (temırşı)
- Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: темирчи (temirci)
  - Southern Altai: темирчи (temirči)
Karluk:
- → Turkish: Temürçi (learned borrowing)
- Karakhanid: تَمُرْجىٖ (temürči)
  - Chagatai: تیمورچی (temürči)
    - Uzbek: temirchi
    - Uyghur: تۆمۈرچى (tömürchi)
Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (temirči)

→ Mongolic:
- Middle Mongol: ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ (temüǰin) (birthname of Genghis Khan)
  - Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ (temüǰin) (a male given name)
- → Chagatai: تیموچین (temüčin)
- → Turkish: Timuçin (through intermediaries)