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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sïgun

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 Reconstructions
  • *sïgïgun

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sïg- (“an ancient verb”) +‎ *-un. Also related to *sïgïr (“cow”).

Noun

*sïgun (Common Turkic)

  1. a kind of deer; elk, moose
    Synonyms: *bulan, *kiyik
  2. herbivorous wild animals

Descendants
  • Common Turkic: *sïgun
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Turkmen: sugun
  • Karluk:
    • Karakhanid: [script needed] (sïgun)
      • Chagatai: [script needed] (sïgun)
        • Uzbek: suygun
  • Kipchak:
    • East Kipchak:
    • South Kipchak:
      • Karakalpak: suwın
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (sïgun)
    • Old Turkic: 𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣‎ (sïgun)
    • South Siberian:
      • Sayan:
      • Yenisei:
        • Khakas: сыын (sıın)
        • Western Yugur: [script needed] (soğun)

References
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 811
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 414-415
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sïg-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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