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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/uruk

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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

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Etymology

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From *ur- (to hit; to place) +‎ *-uk. Cognate with *urkan (rope). According to Clauson some forms with the meaning "lasso" go back to *ukruk (lasso) instead.

Noun

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*uruk

  1. rope
    Synonyms: *urkan, *ȫrken, *arkan

Declension

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Declension of *uruk
singular 3)
nominative *uruk
accusative *urukug, *uruknï1)
genitive *uruknuŋ
dative *urukka
locative *urukda
ablative *urukdan
allative *urukgaru
instrumental 2) *urukun
equative 2) *urukča
similative 2) *uruklayu
comitative 2) *uruklugu
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

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  • Oghur:
    • Hungarian: hurok[1]
  • Common Turkic:

References

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  1. ^ Róna-Tas, András; Berta, Árpád; Károly, László (2011), West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 431-436
  2. ^ Nugteren, Hans (2011), Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, page 364
  3. ^ Sanžejev, G. D.; Orlovskaja, M. N.; Ševernina, Z. V. (2015–), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 202
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 215
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 516
  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1974), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, pages 585, 602-603