Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sim-

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

Proto-Turkic *sim- +‎ *-ür in Common Turkic.

Compare Proto-Mongolic *sime (“juice; to soak; to suck”), Proto-Tungusic *šime- (“to soak; to suck”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*sim-

1. (transitive) to suck

   Synonym: *em-

2. (transitive) to swallow

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: сим (sim, “nectar; ale”)
• ⇒ Common Turkic: *simür-

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: sümürmək
    • Ottoman Turkish: سومرمك (sümürmek)
      • Turkish: sömürmek
  • Turkmen: sümürmek
  • Salar: sumurğusı (“to suck in”), sumurlağusı
• Kipchak:
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: сіміру (sımıru)
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: һемереү (hemerew)
• Karluk:
  • Uzbek: simirmoq
  • Uyghur: سۈمۈرمەك (sümürmek)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “simür-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 829