Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kǖ-

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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

The existence of this verb is uncertain, as it is only attested in Old Uyghur.

Clauson instead suggests that this is the root for *kǖg (fame).

Verb

*kǖ-

  1. (intransitive) to wait
  2. (transitive) to wait for someone

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Proto-Turkic: *kǖ-d-
  • ? Proto-Turkic: *kǖ-t-

Descendants

  • Common Turkic: *kǖ-
  • Oghuz:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic:
      • Old Uyghur: kwy- (kü-)

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kü:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 687
  • Tekin, Talât (1995) “kǖ-”, in Türk Dillerinde Birincil Uzun Ünlüler [Primary Long Vowels in Turkic Languages] (Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları Dizisi; 13)‎, Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, →ISBN, page 185
  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, page 107
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 306
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gǖd-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gütmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük