Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tǖk

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

Noun

*tǖk

1. (zootomy, anatomy) various types of hair on the body of animals; feather, fur, hair

Declension

Declension of *tǖk

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*tǖk
Accusative	*tǖkni, *tǖküg 4), *tǖknig 1)
Genitive	*tǖkniŋ
Dative	*tǖkke
Locative	*tǖkde
Ablative	*tǖkden
Allative	*tǖkgerü
Instrumental 2)	*tǖkün
Equative 2)	*tǖkče
Similative 2)	*tǖkleyü
Comitative 2)	*tǖklügü

¹⁾ Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.
⁴⁾ Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: тӗк (tĕk)
• Common Turkic: *tǖk

• Arghu
  • Khalaj: tü̂k
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: توی (tüy), توك (tüğ)
      • Turkish: tüy
      • Gagauz: tüy
      • → Armenian: թո̈ւյ (tʻüy)
    • Azerbaijani: tük
  • Turkmen: tüý
• Karluk:
  • Uyghur: تۈك (tük)
  • Uzbek: tuk
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: төк (tök)
    • Tatar: төк (tök)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: түк (tük)
    • Southern Altai: тӱк (tük)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: түк
    • Kazakh: түк (tük)
    • Nogai: тюк (tyuk)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: tük
    • Kumyk: тюк (tük)
    • Karachay-Balkar: тюк (tük)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: түү
    • Yakut: түү (tüü)
  • South Siberian:
    • Tofa: түк
    • Tuvan: дүк (dük)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “*tǖk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tǖk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 503
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), “*tǖk”, in Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, pages 197-198