Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yūrt

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

Exists in almost every Turkic language. Compared to Manchu [script needed] (noron, “dwelling place”). English yurt is from a Turkic language, via Russian.

Noun

*yūrt

1. dwelling place, camping-site

Declension

Declension of *yūrt

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*yūrt
Accusative	*yūrtnï, *yūrtug 4), *yūrtnïg 1)
Genitive	*yūrtnïŋ
Dative	*yūrtka
Locative	*yūrtda
Ablative	*yūrtdan
Allative	*yūrtgaru
Instrumental 2)	*yūrtun
Equative 2)	*yūrtča
Similative 2)	*yūrtlayu
Comitative 2)	*yūrtlugu

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ҫурт (śurt)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: yûrt
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (yurt)
    • Azerbaijani: yurd
    • Ottoman Turkish: یورت (yurt)
      • Gagauz: yurt (yurd-)
      • Turkish: yurt (yurd-)
  • Turkmen: ýūrt (yūrd-)
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: یُورْتْ (yurt)
    • Uyghur: يۇرت (yurt)
    • Uzbek: yurt
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: йорт (yort)
    • Tatar: йорт (yort)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: yurt
    • Kumyk: юрт (yurt)
      • → Chechen: юрт (jurt)
      • → Ingush: юрт (jurt)
    • Karachay-Balkar: джурт (curt)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (yurt)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: [script needed] (žurt)
      • Kazakh: жұрт (jūrt)
      • Nogai: юрт (yurt)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: журт (jurt)
      • Southern Altai: јурт (ǰurt)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰆𐰺𐱃 (y¹ur¹t¹ /⁠yurt⁠/)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (yurt)
    • Western Yugur: yurt
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: сурт (surt)
    • Dolgan: һурт (hurt)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: чурт (çurt)
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: [script needed] (čurt)
      • Shor: [script needed] (čurt)
• → Russian: ю́рта (júrta)
  • → French: yourte
  • → German: Jurte
    • → English: yurt

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jūrt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill