Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sǖčig

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 *sǖči- (“to become sweet, sweeten”) +‎ *-g. In several Turkic languages; such as Old Uyghur and Ottoman Turkish, the word has also another meaning: “wine”. According to Räsänen and Erdal, it is from *sǖt (“milk”) +‎ *-sig.

Compare the similarity with *sǖt (“milk”), see Persian شیرین (širin) for the semantic development from “milk” to “sweet”.

Adjective

*sǖčig

1. sweet

   Synonym: *tātlïg

   Antonym: *iāčïg

   • 735, Bilge Kağan, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲: 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣: 𐰽𐰉𐰃: 𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏: 𐰍𐰃𐰾𐰃: 𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴: 𐰼𐰢𐰾

     t¹b¹ǧč: b¹ud¹n¹: s¹b¹i: s²üčig: ǧis²i: y²imšq: r²ms²

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

*sǖčig

1. sweet

Declension

Declension of *sǖčig (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*sǖčig	*sǖčigler
accusative
genitive	*sǖčigniŋ	*sǖčiglerniŋ
dative	*sǖčigke	*sǖčiglerke
locative	*sǖčigde	*sǖčiglerde
ablative	*sǖčigden	*sǖčiglerden
instrumental1)		*sǖčiglerin
equative1)	*sǖčigče	*sǖčiglerče

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

See also

• *sǖči- (“to become sweet”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar: سجو (sü(ü)çüw)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Ottoman Turkish: سوجی (süci, “wine”)
      • Turkish: sücü (“wine”)
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: süýji (“sweet”), süýjimek (“to become sweet,sweeten”)
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: سُوجِكْ (sǖčik), [script needed] (süçi-, “to sweeten”)
    • Uzbek: chuchuk (“sweet; unsalted”)
    • Uyghur: چۈچۈك، سۈچۈك (chüchük, süchük)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: сөсө (sösö, “fresh, sweet; unsalted”)
    • Tatar: төче (töçe, “fresh; unsalted”)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: тұщы (tūşy, “unsalted”)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: чүчү (cücü)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏 (süčig)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (süçüg)
  • North Siberian:
    • >? Dolgan: үчүгэй (üçügey)
    • >? Yakut: үчүгэй (ücügey)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 795, 796-797
• Erdal, Marcel (1991). Old Turkic Word Formation: A Functional Approach to the Lexicon. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page: 72, 204, 534-535, ISBN:978-3-447-03084-7.
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sǖči-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill