Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/būt

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

Noun

*būt

thigh
leg

Declension

Declension of *būt

	Singular ³⁾
Nominative	*būt
Accusative	būtug, būtnï¹⁾
Genitive	*būtnuŋ
Dative	*būtka
Locative	*būtda
Ablative	*būtdan
Allative	*būtgaru
Instrumental ²⁾	*būtun
Equative ²⁾	*būtča
Similative ²⁾	*būtlayu
Comitative ²⁾	*būtlugu

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

*būta- (probably)
- *būtïk, *būtak (“twig, branch”)
  - → Hungarian: bot

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: пӗҫӗ (pĕś̬ĕ) (somewhat unclear, possibly < *būčï < *būtsï < *būtVsï according to Doerfer)

Arghu:
- Khalaj: bûut
Oghuz:
- Old Anatolian Turkish:
  - Azerbaijani: bud
  - Ottoman Turkish: بوت, بود (bud)
    - Gagauz: but
    - Turkish: but, bud (dialectal)
    - → Armenian: բուդ (bud)
    - → Greek: μπούτι (boúti)
- Turkmen: būt
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: بُوتْ (but)
  - Chagatai: بوت (but)
    - Uzbek: but
    - Uyghur: پۇت (put)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: бот (bot)
  - Tatar: бот (bot)
- West Kipchak:
  - Crimean Tatar: but
  - Kumyk: бут (but)
  - Karachay-Balkar: бут (but)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: бут (but)
  - Southern Altai: бут (but)
- South Kipchak:
  - Karakalpak: пут
  - Kazakh: бұт (būt)
  - Nogai: бут (but)
Siberian:
- North Siberian:
  - Yakut: буут (buut)
  - Dolgan: буут
- South Siberian:
  - Tuvan: бут (but)
  - Tofa: бут
  - Khakas: пут (put)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 297
Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 280-281
Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 90
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Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*būt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 282