Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ūč

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Those advocating for the largely discredited Altaic language family compare to Proto-Mongolic *üǯüɣür (“end,edge”) (Mongolian үжүүр (üžüür), Kalmyk үзүүр (üzüür)), Proto-Korean *učuk (“top of tree,upper branches”) (Korean 우죽 (ujuk)) and reconstruct Proto-Altaic *ū́č`i ("end, edge").

Noun

*ūč

end, edge

Descendants

Common Turkic:
- Karakhanid: [script needed] (uč)
  - Old Turkic: [script needed] (uč)
- Oghuz:
  - Western Zone:
    - Ottoman Turkish: ۇچ‎
      - Turkish: uç
    - Azerbaijani: uc/уҹ
    - Gagauz: uç
  - Eastern Zone:
    - Turkmen: uuç
  - Salar
    - - Salar: ۇچ‎ (uč)
- Kipchak:
  - Kipchak-Bulgar:
    - Tatar: оч (oç)
    - Bashkir: ос (os)
  - Kipchak-Cuman:
    - Crimean Tatar: уч/uç
    - Karaim: uç
  - Kipchak-Nogai:
    - Kazakh: ұш (uş)
    - Karakalpak: ush
    - Nogai: уш (uş)
  - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    - Southern Altai: уч (uč)
    - Kyrgyz: уч (uç)
- Karluk:
  - Western Zone:
    - Uzbek: uch/уч
  - Eastern Zone:
    - Chagatai: ۇچ‎ (uč)
      - Uyghur: ۇچ‎‎ (uch‎)
- Siberian:
  - Yenisei Turkic
    - Western Yugur: uč, [script needed] (uč)
    - Khakas: ус (us)
    - Shor: уш
  - Sayan Turkic
    - Tuvan: уш (uš)
  - Northern Turkic
    - Yakut: уһук (uhuk) (<*us-k)
    - Dolgan: уһук (<*us-k)

Oghur:
- Chuvash: вӑҫ (văś)

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ūč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill