Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tirsgek

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 Proto-Turkic *tīŕ. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*tirsgek[1]

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Declension

Declension of *tirsgek
singular 3)
nominative *tirsgek
accusative *tirsgekig, *tirsgekni1)
genitive *tirsgekniŋ
dative *tirsgekke
locative *tirsgekde
ablative *tirsgekden
allative *tirsgekgerü
instrumental 2) *tirsgekin
equative 2) *tirsgekče
similative 2) *tirsgekleyü
comitative 2) *tirsgekligü
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

  • Common Turkic:
  • Arghu:
    • Khalaj: tîrsək
  • Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: تِرْسْكاكْ (tirsgêk)[2]
      • Uzbek: tirsak
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tirsge:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 553
  2. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 424