Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/oltur-

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

Causative of *ol- (“to be”). Some modern languages show assimilation of -/lt/- cluster into -/t/-. Cognate of *olur- (“to sit”).

Verb

*oltur-

1. (intransitive) to sit
2. (intransitive) to dwell, reside

Related terms

• *ol-
• *ol-ur-

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Medieval
  • Karakhanid: اُلْتُرْماقْ (olturmāq), اُلْدُرْماقْ (oldurmāq)
  • Old Turkic
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (oltur-)
  • Khorezmian: [script needed] (oltur-), [script needed] (otur-)
  • Kipchak: [script needed] (oltur-)
• Karluk
  • Chagatai: اولتورمق (olturmaq)
    • Uyghur: ئولتۇرماق (olturmaq)
    • Uzbek: oʻtirmoq
• Kipchak
  • Aral:
    • Kazakh: отыру (otyru)
  • Eastern
    • Kyrgyz: отуруу (oturuu), олтуруу (olturuu)
    • Southern Altai: отурар (oturar)
  • Ural:
    • Bashkir: ултырыу (ultırıw)
    • Tatar: утыру (utıru), утырырга (utırırga)
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: oturmaq
    • Ottoman Turkish: اوتورمق (oturmak)
      • Turkish: oturmak
  • Salar: otğusı, otırğusı
  • Turkmen: oturmak
• Siberian:
  • North Siberian:
    • Dolgan: олор
    • Yakut: олор (olor)
  • South Siberian:
    • Khakas: одырарға (odırarğa)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “olur-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 150
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ol-ur-, *ol(u)-tur-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill