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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

From *köń- (to burn) +‎ *-mür, however there have previously been attempts at deriving it from *köm- (to bury) +‎ *-mür, which is semantically dubious.

Noun

*kömür

  1. coal

Declension

Declension of *kömür
singular 3)
nominative *kömür
accusative *kömürüg, *kömürni1)
genitive *kömürnüŋ
dative *kömürke
locative *kömürte
ablative *kömürten
allative *kömürgerü
instrumental 2) *kömürün
equative 2) *kömürče
similative 2) *kömürleyü
comitative 2) *kömürlügü
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: кӑмрӑк (kămrăk)
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *kömür

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. ^ Toparlı, Recep (2007) Kıpçak Türkçesi Sözlüğü, 2nd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 157
  • al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 24
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kömür”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 723
  • Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation, volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 390
  • Eren, Hasan (1999) “kömür”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 256
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kömür”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 102-103
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 289
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kömür”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 365