Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/omuŕ

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

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *omur- (“collar bone, clavicle”), compare Mongolian омруу (omruu, “clavicle, sternum”). Compare also Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓms (“shoulder”), whence Latin umerus (“shoulder”), Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”); perhaps an early interaction with an Indo-European language.

Noun

*omuŕ

1. shoulder

   Synonym: *yagrïn

Declension

Declension of *omuŕ

	singular 3)
nominative	*omuŕ
accusative	*omuŕug, *omuŕnï1)
genitive	*omuŕnuŋ
dative	*omuŕka
locative	*omuŕta
ablative	*omuŕtan
allative	*omuŕgaru
instrumental 2)	*omuŕun
equative 2)	*omuŕča
similative 2)	*omuŕlayu
comitative 2)	*omuŕlugu

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.

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Volga Bulgar:
    • Chuvash: ӑмӑр (ămăr, “chest of animal”)
  • >^? Danube Bulgar: ωμορ (omur) (as in Ωμορταγ (Omurtag))
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: اوموز (omuz, “shoulder”)
      • Turkish: omuz
      • Gagauz: omuz
  • Turkmen: omuz
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Chagatai: اوموز (omuz, “shoulder”)
      • Uzbek: oʻmiz
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Crimean Tatar: omuz
    • Kumyk: омуз (omuz)
    • Karachay-Balkar: омуз (omuz)
    • Karaim: [script needed] (omuz)