Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/emüŕ-

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

From Proto-Turkic *em-, doublet of Proto-Turkic *emtür-.

Verb

*emüŕ-

1. (transitive) to suckle

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: ӗмӗрт (ĕmĕrt)

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: əmizdirmək
    • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (emzürmek)
      • Turkish: emzirmek
      • Gagauz: emzirmää
  • ⇒ Turkmen: emzik
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (emürmek), [script needed] (emüzmek)
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (émiz-)
      • Uyghur: [script needed] (emiz-), [script needed] (emit-)
      • Uzbek: emizmoq, emizdirmoq
• Kipchak:
  • Mamluk-Kipchak: [script needed] (emüz-), [script needed] (emzür-), [script needed] (emiz-), [script needed] (emzir-)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: имеҙеү (imeźew)
    • Tatar: [script needed] (imez-)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Karakalpak: [script needed] (emiz-)
      • Kazakh: емізу (emızu)
      • Nogai: [script needed] (emiz-), [script needed] (emizt-)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: эмизүү (emizüü)
      • Southern Altai: эмизер (emizer, “to keep breast”), эмистирер (emistirer)
• Siberian:
  • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (emiz-)
    • Western Yugur: [script needed] (emïz-)
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan:
      • Tofa: эмсир (emsir) (эмис- (emis-) is the verb, эмсир is the infinitive form. Do not confuse.)
      • Tuvan: эмзирер (emzirer)

References

• Tekin, Talât, (1969). “Zetacism and Sigmatism in Proto-Turkic”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, page: 70