Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/omuŕ

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

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *omur- (“collar bone, clavicle”), compare Mongolian омруу (omruu, “clavicle, sternum”). Compare also Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓms (“shoulder”), whence Latin umerus (“shoulder”), Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”); perhaps an early interaction with an Indo-European language.

Noun

*omuŕ

1. shoulder

   Synonym: *yagrïn

Declension

Declension of *omuŕ

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*omuŕ
Accusative	*omuŕug, *omuŕnï1)
Genitive	*omuŕnuŋ
Dative	*omuŕka
Locative	*omuŕta
Ablative	*omuŕtan
Allative	*omuŕgaru
Instrumental 2)	*omuŕun
Equative 2)	*omuŕča
Similative 2)	*omuŕlayu
Comitative 2)	*omuŕlugu

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
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.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar:
    • Chuvash: ӑмӑр (ămăr, “chest of animal”)
  • >^? Danube Bulgar: ΩΜΟΡ (omur) (as in ΩΜΟΡΤΑΓ)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: اوموز (omuz, “shoulder”)
      • Turkish: omuz
      • Gagauz: omuz
  • Turkmen: omuz
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Chagatai: اوموز (omuz, “shoulder”)
      • Uzbek: oʻmiz
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: omuz
    • Kumyk: омуз (omuz)
    • Karachay-Balkar: омуз (omuz)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (omuz)