Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/subsa-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *subsar-
• *sïbsa-

Etymology

From *sub (“water”) +‎ *-sa (“desiderative suffix”).

Verb

*subsa-

1. (intransitive) to thirst, be thirsty

Related terms

• *sub (“water”)
  • *subu-, *sïbu- ("to become watery")
    • *subuk, *sïbuk ("watery, liquid")
  • *subsu, *sïbsï ("watery decoction")

Descendants

• Oghur:
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: suvsamaq
• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: susamaq
      • Ottoman Turkish: صوسامق (susamak)
        • Turkish: susamak
  • East Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: suwsamak
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: [script needed] (suvsa-, “to be thirsty”)
    • Uyghur: ئۇسسۇماق (ussumaq)
    • Uzbek: suvsamoq
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak:
    • Bashkir: һыуһау (hıwhaw)
    • Tatar: сусау (susaw)
  • South Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: сусау (susau)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: суусоо (suusoo)
    • Southern Altai: суузаар (suuzaar)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Yeniseian:
      • Khakas: сухса- (suxsa-)
    • Sayan:
      • Tuvan: суксаар (suksaar)