Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tut-

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

Exists in almost every Turkic language.

Verb

*tut-

(transitive) to grasp

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: тыт (tyt)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: tutmaq
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (tut-)
  - Azerbaijani: tutmaq
  - Ottoman Turkish: طوتمق (tutmaq)
    - Turkish: tutmak
    - Gagauz: tutmaa
- Turkmen: tutmak
- Salar: tut
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (tut-)
  - Uyghur: تۇتماق (tutmaq)
  - Uzbek: tutmoq
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: тотоу (totow)
  - Tatar: [script needed] (tot-)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: tutmaq
  - Kumyk: тутмакъ (tutmaq)
  - Karachay-Balkar: тутаргъа (tutarğa)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (tut-)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: tuti’w
    - Kazakh: тұту (tūtu)
    - Nogai: [script needed] (tut-)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: тутуу (tutuu)
    - Southern Altai: тудар (tudar)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰆𐱃 (t¹ut¹ /⁠tut-⁠/)
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tut-)
  - Western Yugur: [script needed] (tut-)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: тут (tut)
  - Dolgan: тут
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: тудар (tudar)
    - Tofa: [script needed] (tu't-)
  - Yenisei Turkic:
    - Khakas: тударға (tudarğa)
    - Shor: тударға

References

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