Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/seč-

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

Potentially an alternate form of *seĺ- (“to untie”)[1].[2]

Verb

*seč-

(Common Turkic, transitive) to select, choose

Related terms

*seĺ-

Descendants

Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: seçmək
  - Ottoman Turkish:
    - Turkish: seçmek
    - Gagauz: seçmek
- Turkmen: seçmek
Kypchak:
- Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: чечүү (cecüü)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (sečmēk)
Siberian:
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (seč-)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “seç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 794
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “seş-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 857

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sEč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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[1] Clauson, Gerard (1972) “seç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 794

[2] Clauson, Gerard (1972) “seş-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 857