Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ōt

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.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ot and Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ȫt

Proto-Turkic

Reconstruction

Khalaj hôt exhibits an initial h-, which however is considered as innovated by Starostin, Dybo, et al.^[1]

Noun

*ōt^[2]

fire (as an element)
bonfire

Declension

Declension of *ōt
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*ōt
accusative	ōtug, ōtnï¹⁾
genitive	*ōtnuŋ
dative	*ōtka
locative	*ōtda
ablative	*ōtdan
allative	*ōtgaru
instrumental ²⁾	*ōtun
equative ²⁾	*ōtča
similative ²⁾	*ōtlayu
comitative ²⁾	*ōtlugu

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.

Derived terms

*ōta-
- *ōtag (“fireplace, tent, room”) (see there for further descendants)
*ōtčak, *ōtčuk (“hearth”)
*ōtïn (“firewood”)
- Turkish: odun

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: вут (vut)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: hôt
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: od
  - Ottoman Turkish: اود (od)
    - Turkish: od
      - ⇒ Turkish: odun (“wood”)
- Salar: ott
  - ⇒ Salar: odın (“wood”)
- Turkmen: ōt
Karluk:
- Karakhanid:
  - Khorezmian Turkic:
    - Chagatai: اوت (ōt)
      - Uyghur: ئوت (ot)
      - Uzbek: oʻt
Kipchak:
- Kipchak-Bulgar:
  - Bashkir: ут (ut)
  - Tatar: ут (ut)
- Kipchak-Cuman:
  - Karachay-Balkar: от (ot)
  - Kumyk: от (ot)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kipchak-Nogai:
    - Karakalpak: ot
    - Kazakh: от (ot)
    - Nogai: от (ot)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: от (ot)
    - Southern Altai: от (ot)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰆𐱃 (ot)
- Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽳𐽳𐾀 (ʾwwt /⁠ot, ōt⁠/)
  - Western Yugur: ot (oʰt)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: уот (uot)
    - ⇒ Yakut: отун (otun)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tofa:
    - Tuvan: от (ot)
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: от
    - Khakas: от (ot)

References

^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 27
^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 1067

[1] Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 27

[2] Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 1067

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