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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tūč

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

The general consensus is that it is a native term. On the other hand, Doerfer considers it a borrowing from Middle Chinese 銅子 (MC duwng tsiX, “copper coin”),[1] however note that the form tunč is a recent innovation prompted by vowel length.[2]

Noun

*tūč

  1. (Common Turkic) a yellowish metal, presumably bronze

Descendants
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish:
        • Azerbaijani: tunc
        • Ottoman Turkish: توج, تونج (tunc, tunç), طونج (tunc, tunç)
          • Turkish: tunç
          • → Albanian: tuç, tunxh, tunsh, tuç, trunç, trunxh, truxh (archaic)
          • → Arabic: تُوج (tūj), تُونْج (tunj) (archaic)
          • → Armenian: թուջ (tʻuǰ)
          • → Aromanian: tuciu, tunge, tungiu
          • → Bulgarian: туч (tuč), тунч (tunč) (archaic)
          • → Crimean Tatar: tunç, tuç
          • → Georgian:
          • → Greek: τούντζι (toúntzi), τούντζυ (toúntzy)
          • → Kurdish:
            Northern Kurdish: tûnc, tunc, tûc
          • → Macedonian: туч (tuč) (archaic)
          • → Persian: توج (tuj) (archaic)
          • → Romanian: tuci
          • → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
            Cyrillic script: ту̏ч
            Latin script: tȕč
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: تُوجْ (tūč)
      • Chagatai: [script needed] (tuč)
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (tuč)
  • Siberian:
    • >? Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰆𐰲 (tuč) (If not read artuč)
      • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (tuč)

See also
Minerals in Proto-Turkic
Taş
Stone
 stone: *tiāĺ
Demir
Iron
 iron: *temür
Gümüş
Silver
 silver: *kümüĺ
Altın
Gold
 gold: *altun
Çilek
Strawberry
 copper: *bakïr
Tebeşir
Chalk
 chalk or earth: *bōr
Kömür
Coal
 coal: *kömür
Kaya tuzu
Salt
 salt: *tūŕ
Kurşun
Lead
 lead: *korguĺčïn

References
  1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21)‎ (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 2007, pages 276-277
  2. Tekin, Talât (1995) Mehmet Ölmez, editor, Türk Dillerinde Birincil Uzun Ünlüler [Primary Long Vowels in Turkic Languages]‎ (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı, →ISBN, page 159
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tu:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 449
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tunç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 499
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