Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eĺčgek

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 *eĺč- +‎ *-gek. Akin to Proto-Tungusic *eyiken and Proto-Mongolic *eljigen (“donkey”).

Noun

*eĺčgek

donkey

Declension

Declension of *eĺčgek

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*eĺčgek
Accusative	eĺčgekni, eĺčgeknig ¹⁾
Genitive	*eĺčgekniŋ
Dative	*eĺčgekke
Locative	*eĺčgekde
Ablative	*eĺčgekden
Instrumental ²⁾	*eĺčgekin
Equative ²⁾	*eĺčgekče

¹⁾ Found in early Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many 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.

Descendants

Oghur:
- →? Proto-Mongolic: *eljigen
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: eşşək
  - Ottoman Turkish: اشك‎
    - Turkish: eşek
    - Gagauz: yeşek
    - → Armenian: էշեկ (ēšek)
    - → Bulgarian: ешѐк (ešèk)
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ѐшек
      Latin: èšek
    - →? Sicilian: sceccu
- Turkmen: eşek
- Salar: eşek
Karluk:
- Chagatai:
  - Uzbek: eshak
  - Uyghur: ئىشەق‎ (isheq)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Tatar: ишәк (işäk)
  - Bashkir: ишәк (işäk)
  - → Middle Russian: иша́къ (išák), ише́къ (išék)
    - Russian: иша́к (išák)
    - → Old Ruthenian: *иша́къ (*išák)
      - Belarusian: іша́к (išák)
      - Ukrainian: іша́к (išák)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: eşek
  - Karachay-Balkar: эшек (eşek)
  - Karaim: эшэк (ešek)
  - Kumyk: эшек (eşek)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Kazakh: есек (esek)
    - Karakalpak: eshek
    - Nogai: эшек (éşek)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: эшек (eşek)
    - Southern Altai: эштек (eštek)
- →? Chuvash: ашак (aš̬ak)
Siberian:
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: эштек