Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yōg

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

Likely from an earlier *dōg, from Scythian. Cognate with Ancient Greek δόγια (dógia).

Noun

*yōg

  1. (Common Turkic) wake, funeral

Descendants

  • Proto-Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Turkish: (dialectal) yuğ
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
    • Kazakh: жоқтау (joqtau)
  • Siberian:

Further reading

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yo:ğ (ḏ-)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 895