Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yāyïn

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 1

Noun

*yāyïn

  1. sheatfish, catfish
  2. salmon

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: ҫуйӑн (śujăn)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Ottoman Turkish: یاین (yayın), یایین (yayın)
        • Turkish: yayın
        • Armenian: յայըն (yayən)
  • Kipchak:

Etymology 2

From *yāy (summer) +‎ *-ïn (instrumental suffix).

Adverb

*yāyïn

  1. in the summer, during summer
    Synonym: *yāŕïn

Descendants

  • Oghuz:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Dolgan: һайын
    • Yakut: сайын (sayın)
    • Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰖𐰣 (y¹y¹n¹ /⁠yayın⁠/)
    • Tuvan: чайын (çayın)