Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kǖč
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kücin (“power, strength”) which may be a Turkic borrowing.
- Nişanyan suggests from *kü- (“to force, to be powerful”) which is also root of Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰼 (kür, “bully, to be able to, valiant”)
Noun
[edit]*kǖč (Common Turkic)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kǖč (Common Turkic)
| singular | plural2) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kǖč | *kǖčler |
| accusative | ||
| genitive | *kǖčniŋ | *kǖčlerniŋ |
| dative | *kǖčke | *kǖčlerke |
| locative | *kǖčte | *kǖčlerde |
| ablative | *kǖčten | *kǖčlerden |
| instrumental1) | *kǖčlerin | |
| equative1) | *kǖčče | *kǖčlerče |
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.
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.
Derived terms
[edit]- *kǖč-e- (“to compel”)
- *kǖč-le- (“to oppress, use violence”)
- *kǖčgey (“violent, difficult”)
- *kǖč-lig (“powerful”)
- *kǖč-siŕ (“powerless”)
- *kǖč-lik (“strength”)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kǖč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kü:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 693
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük