Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yẹŋ-

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

A possible borrowing from Old Chinese 贏 (“to win”).

Verb

*yẹŋ-

to win
Synonym: *ut-

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: ҫӗн (śĕn)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: yəñgmək
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: yenmək
  - Ottoman Turkish: یكمك‎ (yeñmek)
    - Turkish: yenmek
    - Gagauz: yenmää
- Turkmen: ýeňmek
Karluk:
- Khorezmian Turkic:
  - Karakhanid: [script needed] (yeŋ-)
    - Chagatai:
      - Uzbek: yengmoq
      - Uyghur:
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir:
  - Tatar:
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: yeñmek
  - Kumyk: енгмек (yeñmek)
  - Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (jeñ-)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (yeñg-)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: jengiw
    - Kazakh: жеңу (jeñu)
    - Nogai:
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: жеңүү (jeŋüü)
    - Southern Altai: јеҥер (ǰeŋer)
Siberian:
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: [script needed] (neŋ-)
    - Khakas: чиңерге (çiñerge)