Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/seč-

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

Potentially an alternate form of *seĺ- (“to untie”).

Verb

*seč-

1. (Common Turkic, transitive) to select, choose

Related terms

• *seĺ-

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: seçmək
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: seçmek
      • Gagauz: seçmek
  • Turkmen: seçmek
• Kypchak:
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: чечүү (cecüü)
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (sečmēk)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (seč-)

References

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