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

Räsänen and Nişanyan suggest a derivation from *ȫ- (“to think, to be aware”) +‎ *-ŕ. Nişanyan compares to Proto-Mongolic *öber, Doerfer suggests Mongolian өөр (öör) is a Turkic borrowing from the form *ȫŕe.

Noun

*ȫŕ

1. self, essence

   Synonym: *kẹntü

2. 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 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.

Pronoun

*ȫŕ

1. (Common Turkic) self, -self

Descendants

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

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: اوز (öz)
    • Azerbaijani: öz
    • Gagauz: öz
    • Ottoman Turkish: اوز (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

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “öz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• 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
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 278
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, pages 376, 377
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1963–1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag