Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/

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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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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*kǖ

  1. (Siberian Turkic) fame
  2. (Siberian Turkic, Oghuz Turkic) wisdom

Descendants

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  • Common Turkic:
    • Middle Turkic: küsaš (to boast about oneself)
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: küy (roar)
    • Turkmen: küý (wisdom)
  • Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: [script needed] (, sound, roar), [script needed] (külük)
      • Southern Altai: [script needed] (, roar), [script needed] (külük)
  • Karluk:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏 (kül²g /⁠külüg⁠/)
      • Old Kirghiz: 𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏 (kül²g /⁠külüg⁠/)
        • Khakas: кӱлӱк (külük, wisdom)
        • Shor: [script needed] (küg)
      • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (külüg)

References

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  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 717-718
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) “kü”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 306
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill