Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tur-

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

Verb

*tur-

  1. (intransitive) to stand

Usage notes

In some way this verb turned into an auxiliary verb in both noun and verb sentences.

Denotes present tense:

  1. *Bū kēče yagmur yaga turur.
    It is raining tonight.

Denotes "to be" when used after nouns:

  1. *Bū kiši beniŋ ākamtur.
    This person is my elder brother.

Descendants

  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: тӑр (tăr)
  • Common Turkic:

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 529-530
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 500
  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, pages 296-301
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tur-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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