𐰘𐰃𐱅

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yit- (“to become lost”). Cognate with Turkish yitmek, Yakut сүт (süt).

Verb

𐰘𐰃𐱅 (yit-)

1. (intransitive) to be lost
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E27:

     𐰃𐰤𐰢:𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀:𐰚𐰃:𐱁𐰑:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀:𐰇𐰠𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰇:𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰦𐰢

     inim:kültégin:birle:eki:šad:birle:ölü:yitü:qazɣantïm

     Together with my younger brother, Prince Kül, and together with two shads, dying and getting lost, I won.

Derived terms

• 𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰼 (yitür-, “to lose”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yit-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 404
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yit-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 885