Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yogrut

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 *yogur- (“to knead”) +‎ *-ut. EDAL criticizes this based on semantics, however compare Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (yoğrulmak, “to be curdled”) passive form of *yogur- (“to knead”) and *katuk (“curdled milk; vinegar, seasoning”) from *kat- (“to mix”).

Metathesized to yogurt during the medieval period, compare *semri- and *sēkri- for similar phonological developement.

Noun

*yogrut

1. (Common Turkic) curdled, coagulated milk; yogurt

Declension

Declension of *yogrut

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*yogrut
Accusative	*yogrutug, *yogrutnï1)
Genitive	*yogrutnuŋ
Dative	*yogrutka
Locative	*yogrutda
Ablative	*yogrutdan
Allative	*yogrutgaru
Instrumental 2)	*yogrutun
Equative 2)	*yogrutča
Similative 2)	*yogrutlayu
Comitative 2)	*yogrutlugu

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • West Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: yoğurt
      • Ottoman Turkish: یوغورت (yoğurt)
        • Gagauz: yuurt
        • Turkish: yoğurt
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: يُغْرُتْ (yoğrut), يُغُرْتْ (yoğurt)
• Kipchak:
  • East Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: жуурат (juurat)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic:
    • Old Uyghur: 𐽶𐽳𐽲𐽾𐽳𐾀 (yogrut), 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽳𐾀 (yorgut)
  • North Siberian:
    • Yakut: суорат (suorat)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yogrut”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 905
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yoğurt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill