𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Letter

𐰇 (ö, ü)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ö/ or /ü/.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ȫ- (“to think understand”). Compare Karakhanid اُو (ȫ-, “to understand”), Old Uyghur ՚wy (ö-, “to think, remember”).

Verb

𐰇 (ö-)

1. to think, think of, remember

Related terms

• 𐰇𐰢𐰀 (öme-)

See also

• 𐰽𐰴𐰣 (saqïn-)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *-ü, front vowel variant of *-u. Cognate with Turkish -ü, Turkish -i.

Suffix

𐰇 (-ü)

1. Makes adverbs out of verbs yielding "by, ...-ing"

Related terms

• 𐰘𐰇 (-yü)
• 𐰆 (-u)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ȫ(j)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill