𐰆𐰑

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ud- (“to follow; to conform”). Cognate with Turkish uymak (“to match, to follow”).

Verb

𐰆𐰑 (ud-)

1. (intransitive) to follow, pursue
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IIW6

     𐱃𐰺𐰑𐰆𐰾:𐰽𐰑𐰺𐰀:𐰆𐰑𐰃:𐰖𐰖𐰑𐰢𐰔

     tarduš:šadra:udï:yaydïmïz

     ...pursuing them toward the shad of the Tardush.

Derived terms

• 𐰆𐰑𐰆 (udu, “and”)
• 𐰆𐰑𐰔 (uduz-, “to lead”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ud-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:d-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 38
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ud-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill