Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ügüz

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Alternative reconstructions

• *ögüz

Etymology

If it is related to Proto-Mongolic *üyer (“flood, freshet”) and Proto-Tungusic *ugē(r), (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) it can be reconstructed as *ügüŕ.

Noun

*ügüz

1. (Common Turkic) small river

Declension

Declension of *ügüz (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*ügüz	*ügüzler
accusative
genitive	*ügüzniŋ	*ügüzlerniŋ
dative	*ügüzke	*ügüzlerke
locative	*ügüzde	*ügüzlerde
ablative	*ügüzden	*ügüzlerden
instrumental1)		*ügüzlerin
equative1)	*ügüzče	*ügüzlerče

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰏𐰕 (ügüz/ögüz)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ügüz/ögüz)
      • Western Yugur: [script needed] (ügüz)
• North Siberian:
  • >? Yakut: үрэх (üreq)
• South Siberian:
  • Yenisei:
    • Khakas: ӱӱс (üüs, “river”); also in river names
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (ügüz)
    • Uyghur: ئۆگزەن (ögzen, “small river”).

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ügüz”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill