Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ūč

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

Noun

*ūč

end, edge

Declension

Declension of *ūč
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*ūč
accusative	ūčug, ūčnï¹⁾
genitive	*ūčnuŋ
dative	*ūčka
locative	*ūčda
ablative	*ūčdan
allative	*ūčgaru
instrumental ²⁾	*ūčun
equative ²⁾	*ūčča
similative ²⁾	*ūčlayu
comitative ²⁾	*ūčlugu

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

Oghur:
- Chuvash: вӗҫ (vĕś)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: uc
  - Ottoman Turkish: اوچ
    - Gagauz: uç (uc-)
    - Turkish: uç (uc-)
- Salar: uc
- Turkmen: ūç (ūj-)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (uč)
  - Chagatai: ۇچ (uč)
    - Uzbek: uch/уч (uch)
    - Uyghur: ۇچ (uch)
Kipchak:
- Kipchak-Bulgar:
  - Tatar: оч (oç)
  - Bashkir: ос (os)
- Kipchak-Cuman:
  - Crimean Tatar: uc
  - Karaim: uč
  - Kumyk: уч (uç)
  - Urum: уч (uč), уджу (udžu, “3rd singular”)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kipchak-Nogai:
    - Karakalpak: ush
    - Kazakh: ұш (ūş)
    - Nogai: уш (uş)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: уч (uc)
    - Southern Altai: уч (uč)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: [script needed] (uč)
  - Old Uyghur:
    - Western Yugur: uč, [script needed] (udžu), [script needed] (užu)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: уһук (uhuk) (<*ūč-uk)
  - Dolgan: уһук (uhuk) (<*ūč-uk)
- South siberian:
  - Yenisei Turkic:
    - Khakas: ус (us)
    - Shor: уш, уч, ужы (užï, “3rd singular”)
  - Sayan Turkic:
    - Tofa: уш (uš)
    - Tuvan: уш (uş)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ūč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) “у:ч”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 611