Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/altūn

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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

Unknown.

Disyllabic root and the sense "copper" present in Yakut hints at a compound of *āl (scarlet, red) +‎ *tun (copper), second element borrowed from Middle Chinese (duŋ, copper),[1] although vowel length does not match.

Likely related to Proto-Mongolic *altan (gold).[2] Compare Mongolian алт (alt), Dongxiang antang and Daur alt.

Noun

*altūn

  1. gold (metal)

Declension

Descendants

See also

Minerals in Proto-Turkic
Taş
Stone
stone: *tāĺ
Demir
Iron
iron: *temür
Gümüş
Silver
silver: *kümüĺ
Altın
Gold
gold: *altūn
Çilek
Strawberry
copper: *bakïr
Tebeşir
Chalk
chalk or earth: *bōr
Kömür
Coal
coal: *kömür
Kaya tuzu
Salt
salt: *tūŕ
Kurşun
Lead
lead: *korguĺčïn

References

  1. ^ Early Contacts of Turks and problems of Proto-Turkic Reconstruction, Anna Vladimirovna Dybo
  2. ^ Nugteren, H. (2011). Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages. LOT.
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “altuːn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131
  • Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi), volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT