Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ōk

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clauson states that, owing to the supposed ceremonial and ritual uses of arrows in Turkic cultures, the word for arrow, *ok, may have influenced this root and *ōk (“shared inheritance”).

Noun

*ōk

  1. kin, tribe
    Synonym: *bod

Declension

Declension of *ōk
singular 3)
nominative *ōk
accusative *ōkug, *ōknï1)
genitive *ōknuŋ
dative *ōkka
locative *ōkda
ablative *ōkdan
allative *ōkgaru
instrumental 2) *ōkun
equative 2) *ōkča
similative 2) *ōklayu
comitative 2) *ōklugu
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Derived terms

  • >? Proto-Turkic: *ōkuŕ

Descendants

  • Oghur
  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • >? Turkish: ok atmak (dial.)
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: اُوقْ (ōq, “share of inheritance”)
  • Kypchak:
    • Kypchak-Nogai:
      • Kazakh: [script needed] (ŭq) (dialectal)
  • Siberian:
    • South Siberian:
      • Old Turkic: 𐰸 (uq ~ oq, “kin, tribe”)
      • Sayan:

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “O:k "a share of an inheritance"”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76
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