Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ūč

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

Noun

*ūč

1. end, edge

Declension

Declension of *ūč

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*ūč
Accusative	*ūčug, *ūčnï1)
Genitive	*ūčnuŋ
Dative	*ūčka
Locative	*ūčda
Ablative	*ūčdan
Allative	*ūčgaru
Instrumental 2)	*ūčun
Equative 2)	*ūčča
Similative 2)	*ūčlayu
Comitative 2)	*ūčlugu

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

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: вӑҫ (văś)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: uc
    • Ottoman Turkish: اوچ
      • Gagauz: uç (uc-)
      • Turkish: uç (uc-)
  • Salar: uc
  • Turkmen: ūç (ūj-)
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (uč)
    • Chagatai: ۇچ (uč)
      • Uzbek: uch/уч (uch)
      • Uyghur: ۇچ (uch)
• Kipchak:
  • Kipchak-Bulgar:
    • Tatar: оч (oç)
    • Bashkir: ос (os)
  • Kipchak-Cuman:
    • Crimean Tatar: uc
    • Karaim: uč
    • Kumyk: уч (uç)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
      • Karakalpak: ush
      • Kazakh: ұш (ūş)
      • Nogai: уш (uş)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: уч (uc)
      • Southern Altai: уч (uč)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (uč)
    • Old Uyghur:
      • Western Yugur: uč, [script needed] (udžu), [script needed] (užu)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: уһук (uhuk) (<*ūč-uk)
    • Dolgan: уһук (uhuk) (<*ūč-uk)
  • South siberian:
    • Yenisei Turkic:
      • Khakas: ус (us)
      • Shor: уш, уч
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tofa: уш (uš)
      • Tuvan: уш (uş)

References

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