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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ok

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

The stem *uk (“kin, tribe”) (also written uq-, oq-) has often been connected with oq "arrow".[1]

Noun

*ok

  1. arrow

Declension
Declension of *ok
Singular 3)
Nominative *ok
Accusative *oknï, *okug 4), *oknïg 1)
Genitive *oknïŋ
Dative *okka
Locative *okda
Ablative *okdan
Allative *okgaru
Instrumental 2) *okun
Equative 2) *okča
Similative 2) *oklayu
Comitative 2) *oklugu
1) Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
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.
4) Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: ухӑ (uh̬ă)
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
      • Azerbaijani: ox
      • Ottoman Turkish: اوق
        • Turkish: ok
        • Gagauz: ok
    • Turkmen: ok
    • Salar: oq
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] (oq)
      • Uyghur: ئوق (oq)
      • Uzbek: oʻq, ўк (oʻk)
  • Kypchak:
    • North Kipchak:
    • West Kipchak:
      • Crimean Tatar: oq
      • Kumyk: окъ (oq)
      • Karachay-Balkar: [script needed] (oq)
      • Karaim: [script needed] (oq)
    • South Kipchak:
      • Caspian:
      • Kyrgyz–Kipchak:
        • Kyrgyz: ок (ok)
        • Southern Altai: ок (ok)
  • Siberian:
    • Yenisei Kyrgyz: 𐰹 (/⁠ok⁠/)
    • Old Turkic: 𐰸 (q̊¹ /⁠ok⁠/)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ok)
      • Western Yugur: [script needed] (ok)
    • North Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
        • Tuvan: [script needed] (o'q)
      • Yenisei:
        • Khakas: ух (ux)
        • Shor: [script needed] (oq)[2]

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, citing VEWT 511, ЭСТЯ 1, 582-583, Егоров 76. Starostin thought the connection with "arrow" was made "erroneously".

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