Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sö-

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

Descendants

Proto-Turkic: *sömek (“word, speech”)
- Chuvash: сӑмах (sămah)
Proto-Turkic: *söŕ (“word, speech”)
- Proto-Turkic: *sörčük, *sörček (“short story”)
  - Karakhanid: سُرْجُكْ‎ (sörčük, “a story told at night”)
  - Oghuz: سُرْجَكْ (sörček, “a story told at night”)

References

Tekin, Talât. (1991) “New Examples of Zetacism.” in Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları, Ankara, pp. 145-150.
Atalay, Besim. (1985). Divanü Lügat-It-Türk Tercümesi Türkiye Türkçesi I [Translation of Divanü Lügat-It-Türk (1072-1074) in Turkish I], Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, p. 478