𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰏

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰾𐰇𐰭 (süŋ-, “to pierce”) +‎ 𐰏 (-üg) itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *süŋ- (“to pierce, to war”). Cognate with 𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁 (süŋüš, “battle, war”), 𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁 (süŋüš-, “to fight, to war”).

Noun

𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰏 (süŋüg)

1. lance, spear
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, D26-27

     𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰏:𐰉𐱃𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰺𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰚𐰯𐰤

     süŋüg:batïmï:qarïɣ:söküpen

     Having opened our way through the lance-deep snow...

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “süŋüg”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 372
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “süŋü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 834