Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ȫ-

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.

Perhaps onomatopoeic, replicating the idle sounds people make when thinking or hesitating like "er" or "um". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

*ȫ-

1. (transitive) to think of

   Synonyms: *sā-, *sākïn-

2. (transitive) to remember

   Synonym: *aŋ-

• ⇒ *ȫ-g (“mind”)
• ⇒ *ȫ-ge (“advisor”)
• ⇒ *ȫ-t (“advice”)
• ⇒? *ȫ-ŕ (“self”)

Common Turkic:

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 368