Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/omuŕ

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

Akin to Proto-Mongolic *omur- (“collar bone, clavicle”),^[1] compare Mongolian омруу (omruu, “clavicle, sternum”). Compare also Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓms (“shoulder”), whence Latin umerus (“shoulder”), Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”); perhaps an early interaction with an Indo-European language.

Noun

*omuŕ

shoulder
Synonym: *yagrïn

Declension

Declension of *omuŕ
	singular ³⁾
nominative	*omuŕ
accusative	omuŕug, omuŕnï¹⁾
genitive	*omuŕnuŋ
dative	*omuŕka
locative	*omuŕta
ablative	*omuŕtan
allative	*omuŕgaru
instrumental ²⁾	*omuŕun
equative ²⁾	*omuŕča
similative ²⁾	*omuŕlayu
comitative ²⁾	*omuŕlugu

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.

Descendants

Oghur:
- Volga Bulgar:
  - Chuvash: ӑмӑр (ămăr, “chest of animal”)
- >^? Danube Bulgar: ωμορ (omur) (as in Ωμορταγ (Omurtag))
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Ottoman Turkish: اوموز (omuz, “shoulder”)
    - Turkish: omuz
    - Gagauz: omuz
- Turkmen: omuz
Karluk:
- Karakhanid:
  - Chagatai: اوموز (omuz, “shoulder”)
    - Uzbek: oʻmiz
Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: omuz
  - Kumyk: омуз (omuz)
  - Karachay-Balkar: омуз (omuz)
  - Karaim: [script needed] (omuz)

References

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

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

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