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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ōt

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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

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Reconstruction

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Khalaj hôt exhibits an initial h-, which however is considered as innovated by Starostin, Dybo, et al.[1]

Noun

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*ōt[2]

  1. fire (as an element)
  2. bonfire

Declension

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Declension of *ōt
singular 3)
nominative *ōt
accusative *ōtug, *ōtnï1)
genitive *ōtnuŋ
dative *ōtka
locative *ōtda
ablative *ōtdan
allative *ōtgaru
instrumental 2) *ōtun
equative 2) *ōtča
similative 2) *ōtlayu
comitative 2) *ōtlugu

1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Derived terms

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  • *ōta-
    • *ōtag (fireplace, tent, room) (see there for further descendants)
  • *ōtčak, *ōtčuk (hearth)
  • *ōtuŋ (firewood)
    • Turkish: odun

Descendants

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  • Oghur:
  • Common Turkic:

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 27
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 1067