Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/seče

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

Borrowed from Sogdian 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼷 (sycy, “sparrow”). Compare also its diminutive 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼸 (sycʾkk). Akin to Yagnobi сича (siča, “bird, sparrow”), сичак (sičak, “sparrow”).[1]

Clauson suggets a derivation from *seč- (“to choose”), however this is semantically unlikely.

According to Rasanen the Oghur form is an Oghuz borrowing. This would explain the intrusive -r- which is typical of Oghuz (cf. *sep- and *čap-) occuring in Oghur.

Noun

*seče

(Oghuz Turkic) sparrow

Declension

Declension of *seče

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*seče
Accusative	sečeni, sečeg ⁴⁾, *sečenig ¹⁾
Genitive	*sečeniŋ
Dative	*sečeke
Locative	*sečede
Ablative	*sečeden
Allative	*sečegerü
Instrumental ²⁾	*sečen
Equative ²⁾	*sečeče
Similative ²⁾	*sečeleyü
Comitative ²⁾	*sečeligü

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

Common Turkic:

Oghuz: سَجا (seçe)
- →? Chuvash: ҫерҫи (śerś̬i)
- West Oghuz:
  - Old Anatolian Turkish:
    - Ajem-Turkic:
      - Azerbaijani: sərçə
      - Qashqai: سرچه[2]
    - Ottoman Turkish: سرچه
      - Turkish: serçe
      - → Armenian: սերչե (serčʻe)
- Oghuz-Uyghur:
  - Salar: sece, seci
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: serçe

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ït	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: kȫĺek, botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: keyik, sïgun, bulan, bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

Novák, Ľubomír (2010) “sī ́ča, sīčák”, in Jaghnóbsko-český slovník (s přehledem jaghnóbské gramatiky) [Yaghnobi-Czech Dictionary with an Outline of Yaghnobi Grammar]‎ (in Czech), Prague: Charles University in Prague, page 152
Merdani Rahimi, Esedullah. Qashqai Sözlüyü.

al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 219
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “seçe:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 795
Levitskaja, L. S., Blagova, G. F., Dybo, A. V., Nasilov, D. M., Pocelujevskij, Je. A. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VII, Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura, page 267
Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 177
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 412
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*serče”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Gharib, B. (1995) “sycy”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 368

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[1] Novák, Ľubomír (2010) “sī ́ča, sīčák”, in Jaghnóbsko-český slovník (s přehledem jaghnóbské gramatiky) [Yaghnobi-Czech Dictionary with an Outline of Yaghnobi Grammar]‎ (in Czech), Prague: Charles University in Prague, page 152

[2] Merdani Rahimi, Esedullah. Qashqai Sözlüyü.