Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-egüt

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 forms

• *-agut
• *-güt
• *-gut

Etymology

Possibly a *-t plural form of *-egü considering Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆 (alpaɣu).

Suffix

*-egüt

1. (Old Turkic) Suffix designating status.

   ‎*alp (“warrior”) + ‎*-egüt → ‎*alpagut (“warrior.”)

Derived terms

• *alp-agut (“warrior”)
• *bāy-agut (“merchant”)
• *ur-agut (“woman”) (?)
• *baĺč-agut (“pupil”)
• *uŕ-agut (“specialist”)

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (-agut)
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (-agut)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-ğut/-güt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xliii