көмүс

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kümüĺ ~ *gümüĺ (“silver”). The raising of *ü to /ø/ is irregular. Compare Kyrgyz күмүш (kümüş).

Furthermore, SakhaTyla glosses this word in Russian as "серебро (serebro); золото (zoloto)", and in English as "that which has been buried; gold, silver". If true, this would suggest a link with көм (köm, “to bury”).

Noun

көмүс • (kömüs)

1. (chemistry) silver, gold

See also

Minerals - минераллар (minerallar)
Stone	stone: таас (taas) Proto-Turkic *tiāĺ	Iron	iron: тимир (timir) Proto-Turkic *temür	Silver	silver: үрүҥ көмүс (ürüñ kömüs) Proto-Turkic *kümüĺ
Gold	gold: кыһыл көмүс (kıhıl kömüs) Proto-Turkic *altun	Strawberry	copper: алтан (altan) Proto-Turkic *bakïr	Chalk	chalk: миэл (miel) (← Russ. мел (mel)) Proto-Turkic *bōr
Coal	coal: көмөр (kömör) Proto-Turkic *kömür	Salt	salt: туус (tuus) Proto-Turkic *tūŕ	Lead	lead: сибиниэс (sibinies) (← Russ. свинец (svinec)) Proto-Turkic *korguĺčïn

This table was derived from Template:table:mines/trk-pro.