Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/āzu

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

Etymology

From *āŕ- (“to be astray”) +‎ *-u (“converb suffix”).

Conjunction

*āzu

1. (Common Turkic) or

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (azu)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰔𐰆 (azu)
    • Old Uyghur: ʾzw (azu)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: азы (azı)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 280
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*aŕu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill