Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-den

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

Alternative forms

*-dan
*-tan
*-ten

Etymology

Proto-Turkic *-de +‎ -n.

Suffix

*-den

Used to form ablative of nouns.
‎*eb (“house”) + ‎*-den → ‎*ebten (“from house”)

Descendants

Oghur:
- Bulgar: ڔَان-‎ (-ran) (as in ڊنيَاڔَان‎ (dönyaran, “from world”))
  - Chuvash: -тен (-ten), -рен (-ren)

Arghu:
- Khalaj: -dən
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: ـدن‎ (-den)
  - Azerbaijani: -dən, -tən
  - Ottoman Turkish: ـدن‎ (-den)
    - Turkish: -den, -ten
    - Gagauz: -den
- Turkmen: -den
- Salar: -den
Karluk:
- Karakhanid:
  - Chagatai:
    - Uzbek: -dan
    - Uyghur: [script needed] (-den)
Kipchak:
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: -дөн (-dön), -ден (-den), -төн (-tön), -тен (-ten)
  - Southern Altai: -деҥ (-deŋ), -дӧҥ (-döŋ), -теҥ (-teŋ), -тӧҥ (-töŋ)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: -дән (-dän), -нән (-nän), -тән (-tän)
  - Tatar: -дән (-dän), -нән (-nän), -тән (-tän)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kazakh: -ден (-den), -тен (-ten), -нен (-nen)
  - Karakalpak: -den, -ten
  - Nogai: -ден (-den)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: -den
  - Kumyk: -ден (-den)
  - Karachay-Balkar: -ден (-den)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰓𐰤-‎ (-din)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: -ттэн (-tten), -ттөн (-ttön), -тэн (-ten), -төн (-tön)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: -ден (-den), -тен (-ten)