Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ilme

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

Similarities to Indo-European languages open to debate, an early interaction with Slavic languages is possible. See Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Noun

*ilme

1. asp (tree)
2. elm (tree)

   Synonym: *yöke

Declension

Declension of *ilme

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*ilme
Accusative	*ilmeni, *ilmeg 4), *ilmenig 1)
Genitive	*ilmeniŋ
Dative	*ilmeke
Locative	*ilmede
Ablative	*ilmeden
Allative	*ilmegerü
Instrumental 2)	*ilmen
Equative 2)	*ilmeče
Similative 2)	*ilmeleyü
Comitative 2)	*ilmeligü

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: йӗлме (jĕlme)

• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Karachay-Balkar: элме (elme)
    • Kumyk: элме (elme)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Nogai: элмен (élmen)
  • Nort Kipchak:
    • Tatar: елмә (yelmä)

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ilme”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 338
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 126