Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ȫŕ

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

Potentially from *ȫ- (“to think, to be aware”) +‎ *-ŕ.

Noun

*ȫŕ

self, essence
Synonym: *kẹntü
inside, the essential part
Synonym: *ič

Declension

Declension of *ȫŕ

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*ȫŕ
Accusative	ȫŕüg, ȫŕni¹⁾
Genitive	*ȫŕnüŋ
Dative	*ȫŕke
Locative	*ȫŕte
Ablative	*ȫŕten
Allative	*ȫŕgerü
Instrumental ²⁾	*ȫŕün
Equative ²⁾	*ȫŕče
Similative ²⁾	*ȫŕleyü
Comitative ²⁾	*ȫŕlügü

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.

Pronoun

*ȫŕ

(Common Turkic) self, -self

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: вар (var, “inside; stomach, belly”)
Common Turkic: *ȫz

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (öz)
  - Azerbaijani: öz
  - Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (öz)
    - Gagauz: öz
    - Turkish: öz
- Salar: iz
- Turkmen: ȫz
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: اُوزْ (öz)
  - Chagatai: [script needed] (öz)
    - Uyghur: ئۆز (öz)
    - Uzbek: oʻz
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: үҙ (üź), үҙ- (üź-)
  - Tatar: үз (üz)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: öz
  - Kumyk: оьз (öz)
  - Karachay-Balkar: ёз (öz)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (öz)
- South Kipchak:
  - Caspian:
    - Karakalpak: өз
    - Kazakh: өз (öz)
    - Nogai: оьз (öz)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: өз (öz)
    - Southern Altai: ӧс (ös)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰇𐰔 (öz)
- Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴 (öz)
  - Western Yugur: [script needed] (üz)
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: үөс (üös)
  - Dolgan: үөс
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tuvan: өс (ös)
    - Tofa: өъс
  - Yenisei:
    - Khakas: ӧс
    - Shor: ӧс

References

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