Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kǖ

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

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Noun

*kǖ

1. (Siberian Turkic) fame
2. (Siberian Turkic, Oghuz Turkic) wisdom

Descendants

• Common Turkic:
  • Middle Turkic: küsaš (“to boast about oneself”)

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: küy (“roar”)
  • Turkmen: küý (“wisdom”)
• Kipchak:
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: [script needed] (kü, “sound, roar”), [script needed] (külük)
    • Southern Altai: [script needed] (kü, “roar”), [script needed] (külük)
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: كُو (kǖ, “fame”), كُولُكْ (kǖlüg, “famous”), ااتْـلیغ كُولُكْ (atlıɣ-kǖlüg, “famous”)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏 (kül²g /⁠külüg⁠/)
    • Old Kirghiz: 𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏 (kül²g /⁠külüg⁠/)
      • Khakas: кӱлӱк (külük, “wisdom”)
      • Shor: [script needed] (küg)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (külüg)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 717-718
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) “kü”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 306
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill