Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ōt

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.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ot and Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ȫt

Proto-Turkic

Reconstruction

Khalaj hôt exhibits an initial h-, which however is considered as innovated by Starostin, Dybo, et al.^[1]

Noun

*ōt^[2]

fire (as an element)
bonfire

Declension

Declension of *ōt

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*ōt
Accusative	ōtug, ōtnï¹⁾
Genitive	*ōtnuŋ
Dative	*ōtka
Locative	*ōtda
Ablative	*ōtdan
Allative	*ōtgaru
Instrumental ²⁾	*ōtun
Equative ²⁾	*ōtča
Similative ²⁾	*ōtlayu
Comitative ²⁾	*ōtlugu

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
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.

Derived terms

*ōta-
- *ōtag (“fireplace, tent, room”) (see there for further descendants)
*ōtčak, *ōtčuk (“hearth”)
*ōtuŋ (“firewood”)
- Turkish: odun

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: вут (vut)
Common Turkic:

Arghu:
- Khalaj: hôt
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: od
  - Ottoman Turkish: اود (od)
    - Turkish: od
- Salar: ott
  - ⇒ Salar: odın (“wood”)
- Turkmen: ōt (ōd-)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid:
  - Khorezmian Turkic:
    - Chagatai: اوت (ōt)
      - Uyghur: ئوت (ot)
      - Uzbek: oʻt
Kipchak:
- Kipchak-Bulgar:
  - Bashkir: ут (ut)
  - Tatar: ут (ut)
- Kipchak-Cuman:
  - Karachay-Balkar: от (ot)
  - Kumyk: от (ot)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kipchak-Nogai:
    - Karakalpak: ot
    - Kazakh: от (ot)
    - Nogai: от (ot)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Kyrgyz: от (ot)
    - Southern Altai: от (ot)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰆𐱃 (ot)
  - Old Uyghur: [script needed] (ot)
    - Western Yugur: ot
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: уот (uot)
    - ⇒ Yakut: отун (otun)
- South Siberian:
  - Sayan:
    - Tofa:
    - Tuvan: от (ot)
  - Yenisei:
    - Shor: от
    - Khakas: от (ot)

References

^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 27
^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 1067

[1] Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 27

[2] Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 1067

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