Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/özgēn

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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Most likely a local Siberian word, maybe goes back en earlier *hözgēn . Derived from Proto-Turkic *özgē- (an unknown verb) +‎ *-n. According to the logic of Proto-Turkic initial-∅ and Proto-Tungusic initial-p; compared to Proto-Northern-Tungusic *pörȫ- (?), and Proto-Southern-Tungusic *pörägä- (?); whence also Orok пурэ- (pure-, to rain). [1]

Perhaps also related to Common Turkic *ögren, *örgen (river, brook) [2] and *özen (river, brook). [3]

Noun

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*özgēn

  1. rain
    Synonym: *yagmur

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Common Turkic: *özgēn
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (özkän yözkän, rain)
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Yeniseian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tofa: [script needed] (ösken) [7]

References

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  1. ^ "On *p- and Other Proto-Turkic Consonants," by Orçun Ünal (Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen, Germany) page 11
  2. ^ Róna-Tas, András (1999), “Chuvash and Historical Morphology”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hung.
  3. ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, pages 510-512
  4. ^ MONASTYRJEW, Wladimir (2006), Jakutisch. Kleines erklärendes Wörterbuch des Jakutischen (Sacha-Deutsch), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 123
  5. ^ MONASTYRJEW, Wladimir (2006), Jakutisch. Kleines erklärendes Wörterbuch des Jakutischen (Sacha-Deutsch), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 124
  6. ^ Borgojakov M. I. Slovarnye materialy po hakasskim dialektam XVIII v. // Dialekty hakasskogo jazyka / Ed. Patachakova D. F. Abakan, 1973, page 113
  7. ^ Rassadin, V. I., (1971), Fonetika i Leksika Tofalarskogo Yazıka, Ulan-Ude, page 71