Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tilkü

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 reconstructions

• *tülki

Etymology

Connected to Proto-Tungusic *tulge (“wolf”) by EDAL.

Noun

*tilkü

1. fox

Declension

Declension of *tilkü

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*tilkü
Accusative	*tilküg, *tilküni1)
Genitive	*tilkünüŋ
Dative	*tilküke
Locative	*tilküde
Ablative	*tilküden
Allative	*tilkügerü
Instrumental 2)	*tilkün
Equative 2)	*tilküče
Similative 2)	*tilküleyü
Comitative 2)	*tilkülügü

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern 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:
  • Chuvash: тилӗ (tilĕ)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: tilkü
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: دلكو (dilkü)
    • Azerbaijani: tülkü
    • Ottoman Turkish: تلكی (tilki)
      • Turkish: tilki
      • Gagauz: tilki
  • Turkmen: tilki
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (tilkü, tilki)
    • Uyghur: تۈلكە (tülke)
    • Uzbek: tulki
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: төлкө (tölkö)
    • Tatar: төлке (tölke)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Karakalpak: [script needed] (tülki)
      • Kazakh: түлкі (tülkı)
      • Nogai: туьлки (tülki)
    • Kyrgyz–Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: түлкү (tülkü)
      • Southern Altai: тӱлкӱ (tülkü)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: tilki
    • Karachay-Balkar: тюлкю (tülkü)
    • Kumyk: тюлкю (tülkü)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (tilkü)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tilkü)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: дилги (dilgi)
      • Khakas: тӱлгӱ (tülgü)
      • Shor: тӱлгӱ

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ï̄t	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-01-27) “tilki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tilkü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 498
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tülki / tilkü”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill