Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sö-

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

Verb

*sö-

1. (intransitive) to say

Derived terms

• *sö-mek (“to word, speech”)
• *sȫ-k- (“to curse, to swear”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
• *sö-ŕ (“word, speech”)
  • *sö-z-le- (“to say”)
    • *sö-z-le-n- (“to start a conversation, to mutter, to mention”)
    • *sö-z-le-š- (“1. to chat, to talk 2. to contract”)
    • *sö-z-le-t- (“to make talk”)
  • *sö-r-čük (“short story”)

Descendants

• Proto-Turkic: *sömek (“word, speech”)
  • Chuvash: сӑмах (sămah)
• Proto-Turkic: *söŕ (“word, speech”)
  • Arghu
    • Khalaj: söz
  • Oghuz
    • West Oghuz
      • Azerbaijani: söz
      • Gagauz: söz
      • Ottoman Turkish: سوز (söz)
        • Turkish: söz
    • East Oghuz
      • Turkmen: söz
    • Salar
      • Salar: söz
  • Karluk
    • East Karluk
      • Chagatai: سوز (söz)
      • Uyghur: سۆز (söz)
    • West Karluk
      • Uzbek:
        • Cyrillic script: сўз (soʻz)
        • Latin script: soʻz
  • Kipchak
    • Kipchak-Ural
      • Bashkir: һүҙ (hüź)
      • Tatar:
        • Cyrillic script: сүз (süz)
        • Latin script: süz
    • West Kipchak
      • Crimean Tatar: söz
      • Karachay-Balkar: сёз (söz)
      • Karaim:
        • Latin script: söz
        • Cyrillic script: сӧз
      • Kumyk: сёз (söz)
    • Kipchak-Nogai
      • Karakalpak: sóz
      • Kazakh: сөз (söz)
      • Nogai: соьз (söz)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipcak
      • Kyrgyz: сөз (söz)
      • Southern Altai: сӧс (sös)
  • Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰇𐰔 (söz)
  • Siberian
    • South Siberian
      • Yenissei Turkic
        • Khakas: сӧс
        • Shor: сӧс (sös)
      • Sayan Turkic
        • Soyot сөс (sös)
        • Tuvan: сөс (sös)
    • North Siberian
      • Dolgan: өс (ös)
      • Yakut: өс (ös)
  • Proto-Turkic: *sörčük, *sörček (“short story”)
    • Karakhanid: سُرْجُكْ (sörčük, “a story told at night”)
    • Oghuz: سُرْجَكْ (sörček, “a story told at night”)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 818
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 845
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 860
• Tekin, Talât. (1991) “New Examples of Zetacism.” in Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları, Ankara, pp. 145-150.
• Atalay, Besim. (1985). Divanü Lügat-It-Türk Tercümesi Türkiye Türkçesi I [Translation of Divanü Lügat-It-Türk (1072-1074) in Turkish I], Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, p. 478