Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sǖčig

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

Perhaps from *sǖči- (“to become sweet, sweeten”) +‎ *-g (?). The verb or noun itself could be a borrowing from Old Chinese 燒酒 (shāojiǔ). Because in several Turkic languages; such as Old Uyghur and Ottoman Turkish, the word has also another meaning: “wine”. Compare with Japanese 焼酎 (shochu, “shochu, a Japanase alcholic beverage”). Korean 소주 (soju, “a Korean rice wine”). But according to Räsänen, it is from *sǖt (“milk”) +‎ *-sig.

Also compare the similarity with *sǖt (“milk”), see Persian ‎ (širin) for the semantic development from “milk” to “sweet”.

Adjective

*sǖčig

sweet
Synonym: *tātlïg

Antonym: *iāčïg

Noun

*sǖčig

sweet

Declension

Declension of *sǖčig (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural²⁾
nominative	*sǖčig	*sǖčigler
accusative
genitive	*sǖčigniŋ	*sǖčiglerniŋ
dative	*sǖčigke	*sǖčiglerke
locative	*sǖčigde	*sǖčiglerde
ablative	*sǖčigden	*sǖčiglerden
instrumental¹⁾		*sǖčiglerin
equative¹⁾	*sǖčigče	*sǖčiglerče

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

Oghur:
- Volga Bulgar: سجو‎ (sü(ü)çüw)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Ottoman Turkish: سوجی‎ (süci, “wine”)
    - Turkish: sücü (“wine”)
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: süýji (“sweet”), süýjimek (“to become sweet,sweeten”)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: سُوجِكْ‎‎ (sǖčik), [script needed] (süçi-, “to sweeten”)
  - Uzbek: chuchuk (“sweet; unsalted”)
  - Uyghur: [script needed] (çüçük, süçük)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: сөсө (sösö, “fresh, sweet; unsalted”)
  - Tatar: төче (töçe, “fresh; unsalted”)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kazakh: тұщы (tūşşy, “unsalted”)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: чүчү (çüçü)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: [script needed] (süčig)
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (süçüg)
- North Siberian:
  - >? Dolgan: үчүгэй (üçügey)
  - >? Yakut: үчүгэй (ücügey)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 795, 796-797
Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sǖči-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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