𐰇𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫn- (“to rise, grow”).

Verb

𐰇𐰤 (ün-)

1. to ascend, rise
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 60

     𐰋𐰓𐰃𐰔:𐱅𐰃𐰔:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰇𐰤𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰢𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰀𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     bed[ük]:tiz:üze:ünüpen:möŋreyür:men

     Rising on my big (and powerful) knees, I bellow.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ün-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ün-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 169
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ȫn-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill