Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/semri-

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 *semiŕ (“fat”) +‎ *-i. Later Turkic forms showcase metathesis to *semir-.

Verb

*semri-

1. (intransitive) to fatten

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: самӑрт (samărt, “to fatten”)
• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: səmirmək (“to fatten”)
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: semirmek (“to fatten”), semirtmek (“to fatten”)
  • Turkmen: semremek
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid:
    • Khorezmian Turkic:
      • Chagatai:
        • Uzbek: semirmoq
        • Uyghur: سەمرىمەك (semrimek), сәмәрмәк (semermek)
• Kipchak:
  • West Kipchak:
    • Kumyk: семирмек (semirmek)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: һимереү (himerew)
    • Tatar: симерү (simerü)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Caspian:
      • Kazakh: семіру (semıru)
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: семирүү (semirüü)
      • Southern Altai: семирер (semirer)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tuvan: семириир (semiriir)
    • Yenisei Turkic
      • Khakas: симірерге (simìrerge)
      • Shor: себирерге
    • Northern Altai: себирерге (sebirerge)
    • Western Yugur: semïr-

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 830