𐰃𐱅

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ēt- (“to organize, make”). Cognate with Chuvash ту (tu), Turkish etmek, Bashkir итеү (itew), Khakas идерге (iderge).

Verb

𐰃𐱅 (ét-)

1. (transitive) to organize, make
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 48

     𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰏:𐰃𐱅𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰢𐰤

     ilig:étmiš:men

     I have organized the realm.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “et-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 331
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “it-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 55
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “é:t-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 36
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ēt-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill