Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sǖčig

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

Etymology

Derived from *sǖči- (“to become sweet, sweeten”) +‎ *-g.

May be further derived from *sǖt (“milk”), according to Erdal, for which compare the similar development in Persian (širin).

Adjective

*sǖčig

sweet
Synonym: *tātïg

Antonym: *āčïg

Noun

*sǖčig

sweet

Declension

Declension of *sǖčig (Common Turkic)
	singular	plural ²⁾
nominative	*sǖčig	*sǖčigler
accusative
genitive	*sǖčigniŋ	*sǖčiglerniŋ
dative	*sǖčigke	*sǖčiglerke
locative	*sǖčigde	*sǖčiglerde
ablative	*sǖčigden	*sǖčiglerden
instrumental ¹⁾		*sǖčiglerin
equative ¹⁾	*sǖčigče	*sǖčiglerče

¹⁾ The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾ This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

Oghur:
- Volga Bulgar: سجو (süçüw, “honey sherbet”)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Ottoman Turkish: سوجی (süci, “wine”)
    - Turkish: sücü (“wine”)
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: süýji (“sweet”), süýjimek (“to become sweet,sweeten”)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: سُوجِكْ (sǖčik), [script needed] (süçi-, “to sweeten”)
  - Uzbek: chuchuk (“sweet; unsalted”)
  - Uyghur: چۈچۈك، سۈچۈك (chüchük, süchük)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: сөсө (sösö, “fresh, sweet; unsalted”)
  - Tatar: төче (töçe, “fresh; unsalted”)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: чүчү (cücü)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏 (s²üčig /⁠süčig⁠/)
- Old Uyghur: 𐽻𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽳𐽷 (swycwk /⁠süčüg⁠/, “wine”)
- North Siberian:
  - >? Dolgan: үчүгэй (üçügey)
  - >? Yakut: үчүгэй (ücügey)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sü:čig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 796-797
Erdal, Marcel (1991). Old Turkic Word Formation: A Functional Approach to the Lexicon. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page: 72, 204, 534-535, ISBN:978-3-447-03084-7.
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sǖči-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill