Jump to content

Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sipür-

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Proto-Mongolic *sixür- (to sweep), *sixür (broom, besom) are early loanwords from Turkic.[1] Compared also Evenki [script needed] (čipi-, to sweep; to scrape) by EDAL. (See also *topïk)

Verb

[edit]

*sipür-

  1. (transitive) to sweep

Noun

[edit]

*sipür

  1. broom
[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: шӑпӑр (šăp̬ăr, broom)
    • Hungarian: seper (to sweep, to broom), söpör
  • Common Turkic:

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 240