Turkic etymology : Query result

Proto-Turkic: *nē-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: what

Russian meaning: что

Old Turkic: ne (Orkh., OUygh.)

Karakhanid: ne (MK, KB)

Turkish: ne, neme

Tatar: ni, nɛrsɛ

Middle Turkic: ne (Abush., Sangl.)

Uzbek: ne

Uighur: nä

Sary-Yughur: ni

Azerbaidzhan: nä

Turkmen: nǟ, nǟmä

Khakassian: nime, ni; nō `which' (*ne-gu)

Shor: nebe `thing', nō `what' (*ne-gu)

Oyrat: ne, neme

Halaj: ne

Chuvash: mǝʷn (metathesis < *ne-me)

Yakut: tuox (*suox < *če-gu+ok?)

Dolgan: tuok

Tuva: čǖ (*če-gü), čüve (*čegü-me)

Tofalar: čǖ, čüme

Kirghiz: ne, neme

Kazakh: ne

Noghai: ne

Bashkir: ni, nämä

Balkar: ne

Gagauz: ne

Karaim: ne

Karakalpak: ne, neme

Salar: ne

Kumyk: ne, neme

Comments: The earliest PT form must have contained a unique initial nasal (generally nasals were not allowed word-initially), having yielded specific reflexes in modern languages. See VEWT 352, EDT 774-5, Stachowski 230-231, ЭСТЯ 7, Федотов 1, 356.

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