Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kön-

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

Verb

*kön-

  1. to become (physically) straight or upright

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: кун (kun), кӳн (kün, to agree)
  • Proto-Common Turkic:
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Bulgar:
      • Bashkir: күнеү (künew, to agree)
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
      • Crimean Tatar: könmek (to agree)
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Kazakh: көну (könu, to agree)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: көнүү (könüü, to agree)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: كُنْماكْ (kunmʾk /⁠könmek⁠/, to set on road, behave properly, accept)
      • Khorezmian Turkic: کونماک (kwnmʾk /⁠könmäk⁠/, to turn to the right road)
        • Chagatai: کونماک (könmäk, to straighten, to be bettered)
          • Uyghur: كۆنمەك (könmek, to agree)
          • Uzbek: koʻnmoq (to agree)
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: [Term?] (/⁠kön-⁠/)
    • Old Uyghur: [Term?] (/⁠kön-⁠/, to become straight)
    • North Siberian Turkic:
      • Yakut: көн (kön, to straighten)

Derived terms

  • *köni (straight, correct)
  • Oghuz:
    • Turkish: (dialectal) gönü (mature)
    • Turkmen: göni (correct)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: كُنٖی (kunī /⁠köni⁠/, correct, straight), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺𐾂𐽶 (kwyṅy)
      • Khorezmian Turkic: کونی (kwny /⁠köni⁠/, straight)
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Kirghiz: [Term?] (/⁠köni⁠/)
    • Old Uyghur: [Term?] (/⁠köni⁠/, upright, upwards, straight, correct, true)
    • North Siberian Turkic:
      • Yakut: көнө (könö, straight, smooth)
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: [script needed] (xönü)
      • Yenisei:
        • Khakas: кӧні (könì, straight)
  • *kön-t-ger- (to straighten)
  • Oghuz:
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
      • Crimean Tatar: köndermek
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: كُنْدْكَرْماكْ (kundkarmʾk /⁠köndgermek⁠/, to straighten)
  • *kön(g)en(<*köni-(g)en- accoring to Nişanyan[1], *kön-en-? according to Ayverdi[2])
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: كوننمك (gönenmek), كننمك (könenmek)
      • Ottoman Turkish: كوننمك (gönenmek)
    • Turkmen: gönenmek
  • Karluk:
    • Chagatai: کونانماک (könänmäk)
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak: konen (/⁠könen⁠/) (Codex Cumanicus)
  • Unsorted derivations:
    • Chagatai: کونج (könj, joy, rapture)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “gönenmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “gönenmek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Further reading

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kön-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 726
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969), “kön”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 290
  • Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2016), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 47 compares Proto-Mongolic *gönǰi- (to raise, lift, make upright)