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

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Etymology

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Akin to Proto-Mongolic *omur- (collar bone, clavicle),[1] 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

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*omuŕ

  1. shoulder
    Synonym: *yagrïn

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Oghur:
    • Volga Bulgar:
      • Chuvash: ӑмӑр (ămăr, chest of animal)
    • >? Danube Bulgar: ΩΜΟΡ (omur) (as in ΩΜΟΡΤΑΓ)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Turkmen: omuz
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: omuz
      • Kumyk: омуз (omuz)
      • Karachay-Balkar: омуз (omuz)
      • Karaim: [script needed] (omuz)

References

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