اویوك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Oghuz اُیُكْ (öyük) (11th ce.),[1] see there for more.

Noun

اویوك • (ʾwywk /öyük, üyük/)

  1. hill
    Synonym: دَپَه (depe)
  2. a hill of old ruins

Descendants

  • Gagauz: üük
  • Ottoman Turkish: اویوك (öyük, üyük), هویوك (höyük, hüyük)
    • Turkish: höyük, (dialectally) öyük, üyük

References

  1. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 85