Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tūŕ

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

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Noun

*tūŕ

salt

Reconstruction notes

Nişanyan and Doerfer postulates that the Proto-Turkic word comes from an earlier *tuwuz (*tubuŕ), explaining the aberrant forms of Chuvash тӑвар (tăvar) and Mongolian давс (davs), which is a loanword from Turkic.

Descendants

Early Proto-Turkic: *tubuŕ ^?
- Oghur:
  - Chuvash: тӑвар (tăvar)
- Early Proto-Common Turkic: *tuwuz ^?
  - →? Proto-Mongolic: *dabusun
    - Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤ (dabusu)
    - Khalkha Mongolian: давс (davs)
Proto-Common Turkic: *tūz

Arghu:
- Khalaj: tûz
Proto-Oghuz: *duz
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: duz
  - Ottoman Turkish: طوز (tuz)
    - Turkish: tuz
- Turkmen: duz
- Salar: duz
Karluk:
- Karakhanid:
  - Uzbek: tuz
  - Uyghur: تۇز (tuz)
Kipchak:
- Kipchak-Bulgar:
  - Bashkir: тоҙ (toź)
  - Tatar: тоз (toz)
- Kipchak-Cuman:
  - Crimean Tatar: туз, tuz
  - Karachay-Balkar: туз (tuz)
  - Kumyk: туз (tuz)
- Kipchak-Nogai:
  - Karakalpak: дуз/duz
  - Kazakh: тұз (tūz), дұз (dūz)
  - Nogai: туз (tuz)
- Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: туз (tuz)
  - Southern Altai: тус (tus)
Siberian Turkic:
- Old Uyghur: 𐾀𐽳𐽴 (tuz)
- North Siberian Turkic:
  - Dolgan: туус (tuus)
  - Yakut: туус (tuus)
- South Siberian Turkic:
  - Sayan:
    - Tofa: тус (tus)
    - Tuvan: дус (dus)
  - Yeniseian:
    - Khakas: тус (tus)
    - Shor: тус (tus)

Minerals in Proto-Turkic
Stone	stone: *tāĺ	Iron	iron: *temür	Silver	silver: *kümüĺ
Gold	gold: *altūn	Strawberry	copper: *bakïr	Chalk	chalk or earth: *bōr
Coal	coal: *kömür	Salt	salt: *tūŕ	Lead	lead: *korguĺčïn