Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tūŕ

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

Nişanyan argues that the archaic form of the word is "tūbuz". This explains the form tăvar in Chuvash and Давс in Mongolian.

Compare Evenki турукэ (turukə). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*tūŕ

1. salt

Descendants

• Proto-Mongolic: *dabusun?
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤ (dabusu)
  • Khalkha Mongolian: давс (davs)
• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: тӑвар (tăvar)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: tûz
• Proto-Oghuz: *duz
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: duz
      • Ottoman Turkish: طوز (tuz)
        • Turkish: tuz
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: duz
    • Salar: duz
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: tuz
  • Uyghur: تۇز (tuz)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: тоҙ (toź)
    • Tatar: тоз (toz)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: туз, tuz
    • Karachay-Balkar: туз (tuz)
    • Kumyk: туз (tuz)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: дуз/duz
    • Kazakh: тұз (tūz)
    • Nogai: туз (tuz)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: туз (tuz)
    • Southern Altai: тус (tus)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: туус (tuus)
    • Yakut: туус (tuus)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: тус (tus)
      • Tuvan: дус (dus)
    • Yeniseian:
      • Khakas: тус (tus)
      • Shor: тус (tus)

See also

Minerals in Proto-Turkic
Stone	stone: *tiāĺ	Iron	iron: *temür	Silver	silver: *kümüĺ
Gold	gold: *altun	Strawberry	copper: *bakïr	Chalk	chalk or earth: *bōr
Coal	coal: *kömür	Salt	salt: *tūŕ	Lead	lead: *korguĺčïn

Further reading

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dūŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük