Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tǖ

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

Perhaps borrowed from Tocharian B to (“pubic hair”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, haze”)[1].

Earlier attestations point to *tǖ, while contemporary Turkic languages point to *tǖk.

Noun

*tǖ

  1. (zootomy, anatomy) various types of hair on the body of animals; feather, fur, hair

Declension

Declension of *tǖ
singular 3)
nominative *tǖ
accusative *tǖg, *tǖni1)
genitive *tǖnüŋ
dative *tǖke
locative *tǖde
ablative *tǖden
allative *tǖgerü
instrumental 2) *tǖn
equative 2) *tǖče
similative 2) *tǖleyü
comitative 2) *tǖlügü
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:
    • Proto-Bulgar: *tük[2]
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *tǖ ~ *tǖk
  • Arghu:
  • Oghuz: *tǖ(k)
  • Karluk: *tǖ(k)
  • Kipchak: *tǖk
    • Kipchak-Bulgar:
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  • Siberian Turkic: *tǖ
    • Old Uyghur: 𐾀𐽳𐽶 (twy /⁠tü⁠/)
    • North Siberian Turkic:
    • South Siberian Turkic: *tǖk

References

  1. ^ Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2) tüü”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 778
  2. ^ Agyágasi, Klára (2019) Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, page 148
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “*tü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 433
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tǖk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 503
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 197-198
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