Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kudruk

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

Derived from the unattested stem *kudu-r-. Cognate with Proto-Mongolic *kudurga (“crupper”) and Proto-Tungusic *xürgü (“tail”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kudruk

1. (zootomy) tail

Declension

Declension of *kudruk

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kudruk
Accusative	*kudruknï, *kudrukug 4), *kudruknïg 1)
Genitive	*kudruknïŋ
Dative	*kudrukka
Locative	*kudrukda
Ablative	*kudrukdan
Allative	*kudrukgaru
Instrumental 2)	*kudrukun
Equative 2)	*kudrukča
Similative 2)	*kudruklayu
Comitative 2)	*kudruklugu

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Related terms

• *kudurgak
• *kudurgun
• *kudurčak
• *kuduskan

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: хӳре (hüre)
• →? Proto-Mongolic: *kudurga
  • Mongolian: хударга (xudarga)
  • East Yugur: ghudurgha
• Common Turkic:

• Karakhanid: قُذْرُقْ (quδruq), قُیرُقْ (quyruq) (Late Karakhanid)
  • Khorezmian Turkic: قُذرُق (quδruq)
• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: qudruq
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: قُيرُقْ
    • Azerbaijani: quyruq
    • Ottoman Turkish: قویروق (quyruq)
      • Gagauz: kuyruk
      • Turkish: kuyruk
  • Salar: guruq
  • Turkmen: guýruk
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak: cuyrug
  • Kipchak: قويرق (quyruɣ)
  • Mamluk-Kipchak: قُيرُغ (quyruɣ), قُيرُق (quyruq)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: quyruq
    • Karachay-Balkar: къуйрукъ (quyruq)
    • Karaim:
      • Cyrillic script: куйрук
      • Latin script: kuyruk
    • Kumyk: къуйрукъ (quyruq)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: ҡойроҡ (qoyroq)
    • Tatar: койрык (qoyrıq)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Karakalpak: quyrıq
      • Kazakh: құйрық (qūiryq)
      • Nogai: куйрык (kuyrık)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: куйрук (kuyruk)
      • Southern Altai: куйрук (kuyruk)
• Karluk:
  • Chagatai: [script needed] (quyruɣ)
    • Uzbek: quyruq
    • Uyghur: قۇيرۇق (quyruq)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸 (qudruq)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (qudruq)
      • Western Yugur: [script needed] (guzuruq)
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: кутурук (kuturuk)
    • Yakut: кутурук (kuturuk)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Soyot: қудуруқ, қудурық, қудырық
      • Tofa: ӄудуруӄ, қудуруқ
      • Tuvan: кудурук (kuduruk)
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: хузурух (xuzurux)
      • Fu-yü Gïrgïs: guzruh
      • Shor: қузуруқ (quzuruq)

• East Slavic:
  • → Belarusian: курдзю́к (kurdzjúk)
  • → Russian: курдю́к (kurdjúk)
  • → Ukrainian: курдю́к (kurdjúk)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuḏruk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 604
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kudruk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill