From Ottoman Turkish صونمق (sunmak, “to present”), from Old Anatolian Turkish (sun-, “to hold out, offer, present”), from Proto-Turkic *sūn- (“to stretch, stretch out”). Related to Proto-Mongolic *sunu- (“to stretch out”), (cf. Mongolian сунах (sunax, “to extend, stretch”)) and Proto-Tungusic *sūn- (“to stretch out”) (cf. Evenki сӯн (sūn, “to stretch out”)). Either inherited to all families from a common source (according to the now widely discredited Altaic theory) or contact induced.
Cognate with Old Uyghur (sun-, “to stretch out”), Karakhanid (sunmāk, “to hold out, offer”), Southern Altai сунар (sunar, “to stretch out”), Bashkir һоноу (honow, “to extend”), Kazakh ұсыну (ūsynu, “to present, offer, stretch”), Khakas сунарға (sunarğa, “to stretch out, extend”), Kyrgyz сунуу (sunuu, “to hold out, stretch, offer”), Tuvan сунар (sunar, “to stretch, hand, present”), Uyghur سۇنماق (sunmaq, “to extend, present, give, offer”), Uzbek sunmoq (“to present, to hand”), Yakut уун (uun, “to stretch, extend, give”).
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sunmak (third-person singular simple present sunar)