Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/özgēn

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

  • *hözgēn, *höŕgēn, *öŕgēn

Etymology

Most likely a local Siberian word, maybe goes back en earlier *hözgēn . Derived from *özgē- (an unknown verb) +‎ *-n.

Perhaps also related to Proto-Common Turkic *ögren, *örgen (river, brook) [1] and *özen (river, brook). [2]

Noun

*özgēn

  1. rain
    Synonym: *yagmur

Declension

Declension of *özgēn
singular 3)
nominative *özgēn
accusative *özgēnig, *özgēnni1)
genitive *özgēnniŋ
dative *özgēnke
locative *özgēnte
ablative *özgēnten
allative *özgēngerü
instrumental 2) *özgēnin
equative 2) *özgēnče
similative 2) *özgēnleyü
comitative 2) *özgēnligü
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

  • Proto-Common Turkic: *özgēn
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (özkän yözkän, rain)
    • North Siberian:
      • Yakut: өксүөн (öksüön, cloudy, rainy autumn weather (with snow)), [3] өһүөн (öhüön, long-lasting rain) [4]
        • Buryat: үһээ (ühee), үһээ бороо (ühee boroo, torrential rain)
    • South Siberian:
      • Yeniseian:
        • Khakas: ӱскен (üsken, rain) [5]
      • Sayan:
        • Tofa: [script needed] (ösken) [6]

References

  1. ^ Róna-Tas, András (1999), “Chuvash and Historical Morphology”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hung.
  2. ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, pages 510-512
  3. ^ MONASTYRJEW, Wladimir (2006), Jakutisch. Kleines erklärendes Wörterbuch des Jakutischen (Sacha-Deutsch), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 123
  4. ^ MONASTYRJEW, Wladimir (2006), Jakutisch. Kleines erklärendes Wörterbuch des Jakutischen (Sacha-Deutsch), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 124
  5. ^ Borgojakov M. I. Slovarnye materialy po hakasskim dialektam XVIII v. // Dialekty hakasskogo jazyka / Ed. Patachakova D. F. Abakan, 1973, page 113
  6. ^ Rassadin, V. I., (1971), Fonetika i Leksika Tofalarskogo Yazıka, Ulan-Ude, page 71