Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/süŋük

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *siŋ́ük (per Räsänen)
  • *siŋök (per EDAL)
  • *simgök > *siŋök (per Tenišev)
  • *süńg-ük (per Gülensoy)
  • *süŋgük, *süŋȫk (per Hülya Yıldız, based on Yakut and Dolgan)

Etymology

  • Potentially from *süŋ- +‎ *-ük.

    Noun

    *süŋük

    1. (anatomy) bone
      Coordinate terms: *kemük (cartilage), *saka (knucklebone), *kar (shin bone of an animal), *ašuk (ankebone), *yẹ̄nčik (shin bone)

    Declension

    Declension of *süŋük
    singular 3)
    nominative *süŋük
    accusative *süŋüküg, *süŋükni1)
    genitive *süŋüknüŋ
    dative *süŋükke
    locative *süŋükde
    ablative *süŋükden
    allative *süŋükgerü
    instrumental 2) *süŋükün
    equative 2) *süŋükče
    similative 2) *süŋükleyü
    comitative 2) *süŋüklügü
    1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
    2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
    3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

    Descendants

    • Oghur:
      • Chuvash: шӑмӑ (šămă)
    • Proto-Common Turkic:
    • Arghu:
    • Oghuz:
    • Kipchak:
    • Karluk:
      • Karakhanid: سُنْکُکْ (/⁠süŋük⁠/)
        • Chagatai: سونکوک (süŋük)
    • Siberian:

    References

    • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “süŋük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 838-839
    • Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 437
    • Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 260-261
    • Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), Moscow, 1974–
    • Gülensoy, Tuncer (2007), “Proto-Turkic/süŋük”, in Türkiye Türkcesindeki Türkçe Sözcüklerin Köken Bilgisi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 820