Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ōr-

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

• *or-

Noun

*ōr-

1. hole, pit

Verb

*ōr-

1. (transitive) to dig

   Synonym: *kaŕ-

2. (transitive) to tear out, drag out

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: вар (var)
• Common Turkic:
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (or), [Term?] (“oru”)
      • Turkish: or (dialect)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] (or-)
  • Siberian:
    • Yakut: ороо (oroo)
    • Dolgan: ороо

References

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