Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sim-

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

Proto-Turkic *sim- +‎ *-ür in Common Turkic.

Compare Proto-Mongolic *sime (“juice; to soak; to suck”), Proto-Tungusic *šime- (“to soak; to suck”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*sim-

(transitive) to suck
Synonym: *em-
(transitive) to swallow

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: сим (sim, “nectar; ale”)
⇒ Proto-Common Turkic: *simür-

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: sümürmək
  - Ottoman Turkish: سومرمك (sümürmek)
    - Turkish: sömürmek
- Turkmen: sümürmek
- Salar: sumurğusı (“to suck in”), sumurlağusı
Kipchak:
- South Kipchak:
  - Kazakh: сіміру (sımıru)
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: һемереү (hemerew)
Karluk:
- Uzbek: simirmoq
- Uyghur: سۈمۈرمەك (sümürmek)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “simür-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 829