Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/būt

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

*būt

1. thigh
2. leg

Declension

Declension of *būt

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*būt
Accusative	*būtug, *būtnï1)
Genitive	*būtnuŋ
Dative	*būtka
Locative	*būtda
Ablative	*būtdan
Allative	*būtgaru
Instrumental 2)	*būtun
Equative 2)	*būtča
Similative 2)	*būtlayu
Comitative 2)	*būtlugu

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.

Derived terms

• *būta- (probably)
  • *būtïk, *būtak (“twig, branch”)
    • → Hungarian: bot

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: пӗҫӗ (pĕś̬ĕ) (somewhat unclear, possibly < *būčï < *būtsï < *būtVsï according to Doerfer)

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: bûut
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: bud
    • Ottoman Turkish: بوت, بود (bud)
      • Gagauz: but
      • Turkish: but, bud (dialectal)
      • → Armenian: բուդ (bud)
      • → Greek: μπούτι (boúti)
  • Turkmen: būt
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: بُوتْ (but)
    • Chagatai: بوت (but)
      • Uzbek: but
      • Uyghur: پۇت (put)
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: бот (bot)
    • Tatar: бот (bot)
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: but
    • Kumyk: бут (but)
    • Karachay-Balkar: бут (but)
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: бут (but)
    • Southern Altai: бут (but)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Karakalpak: пут
    • Kazakh: бұт (būt)
    • Nogai: бут (but)
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: буут (buut)
    • Dolgan: буут
  • South Siberian:
    • Tuvan: бут (but)
    • Tofa: бут
    • Khakas: пут (put)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 297
• Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 280-281
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 90
• Róna-Tas, András, Berta, Árpád, Károly, László (2011) West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*būt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 282