Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/küneĺ

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 *kün.

Noun

*küneĺ

1. sun

   Synonym: *kuńāĺ

2. sunny place
3. sun heat

Declension

Declension of *küneĺ

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*küneĺ
Accusative	*küneĺni, *küneĺig 4), *küneĺnig 1)
Genitive	*küneĺniŋ
Dative	*küneĺke
Locative	*küneĺte
Ablative	*küneĺten
Allative	*küneĺgerü
Instrumental 2)	*küneĺin
Equative 2)	*küneĺče
Similative 2)	*küneĺleyü
Comitative 2)	*küneĺligü

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

• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: künəş
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ajem Turkic:
      • Azerbaijani: günəş
      • Qashqai: [script needed] (günes)
    • Ottoman Turkish: كونش
      • Turkish: güneş
      • Gagauz: güneş
      • → Crimean Tatar: küneş
      • → Karaim: кӱнэш
      • → Krymchak: [script needed] (günäš)
      • → Kumyk: гюнеш (güneş)
    • → Kipchak:
      • Bashkir: [script needed] (könäs)
    • → Chagatai:
  • Turkmen: güneş
    • →? Kyrgyz: күнөш (künöş)
    • →? Southern Altai: кӱнеш (küneš)

References

• From Turkic Lexicon. [1]