Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-čin

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

*-čïn
*-čun
*-čün

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-či +‎ -n.

Suffix

*-čin

Suffix used to create bird nouns from verbs or nouns. Also used to form names of predators from names of prey.
‎*bālïk (“fish”) + ‎*-čin → ‎*bālïkčïn (“fish-eating bird”). [1]

Related Terms

*buruččun (“a type of bird that has the same height as pigeons, red-feathered and flat-beaked”)
*borčïn (“gray duck”) [2]
*bayïrčïn
*bïldurčïn (“quail”)
*kȫkerčin (“pigeon, dove”)
*čamurčun (“a type of little duck that lives in swamps and lakes; Anas crecca”)
*lāčïn (“falcon”) from earlier *ālāčïn[3] (?)
*sïgïrčïn (“starling”)

References

Clauson, Gerard (2002), “The Suffixes in Pre-Eighth Century Turkish”, in Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 92
Tekin, Talât, (1969). “Zetacism and Sigmatism in Proto-Turkic”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, page: 59
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “laçin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Brockelmann, C., 1951, Osttürkische Grammatik der islamischen Litteratursprachen Mittelasiens, Leiden.

Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi

Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[1] Clauson, Gerard (2002), “The Suffixes in Pre-Eighth Century Turkish”, in Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 92

[2] Tekin, Talât, (1969). “Zetacism and Sigmatism in Proto-Turkic”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, page: 59

[3] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “laçin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük