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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/özgēn

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
  • *hözgēn, *höŕgēn, *öŕgēn

Etymology

Most likely a local Siberian word, maybe goes back en earlier *hözgēn . Derived from Proto-Turkic *özgē- (“an unknown verb”) +‎ *-n. According to the logic of Proto-Turkic initial-∅ and Proto-Tungusic initial-p; compared to Proto-Northern-Tungusic *pörȫ- (“?”), and Proto-Southern-Tungusic *pörägä- (“?”); whence also Orok пурэ- (pure-, “to rain”). [1]

Perhaps also related to Common Turkic *ögren, *örgen (“river, brook”) [2] and *özen (“river, brook”). [3]

Noun

*özgēn

  1. rain
    Synonym: *yagmur

Declension
Declension of *özgēn
Singular 3)
Nominative *özgēn
Accusative *özgēnni, *özgēnig 4), *özgēnnig 1)
Genitive *özgēnniŋ
Dative *özgēnke
Locative *özgēnte
Ablative *özgēnten
Allative *özgēngerü
Instrumental 2) *özgēnin
Equative 2) *özgēnče
Similative 2) *özgēnleyü
Comitative 2) *özgēnligü
1) Possibly in Pre-Proto-Turkic.
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.
4) Found in the Old Turkic era.

Descendants
  • Common Turkic: *özgēn
  • Siberian:
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (özkän yözkän, “rain”)
    • North Siberian:
      • Yakut: өксүөн (öksüön, “cloudy, rainy autumn weather (with snow)”), [4] өһүөн (öhüön, “long-lasting rain”) [5]
        • → Buryat: үһээ (ühee), үһээ бороо (ühee boroo, “torrential rain”)
    • South Siberian:
      • Yeniseian:
        • Khakas: ӱскен (üsken, “rain”) [6]
      • Sayan:
        • Tofa: [script needed] (ösken) [7]

References
  1. "On *p- and Other Proto-Turkic Consonants," by Orçun Ünal (Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen, Germany) page 11
  2. Róna-Tas, András (1999), “Chuvash and Historical Morphology”, Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hung.
  3. Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, pages 510-512
  4. MONASTYRJEW, Wladimir (2006), Jakutisch. Kleines erklärendes Wörterbuch des Jakutischen (Sacha-Deutsch), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 123
  5. MONASTYRJEW, Wladimir (2006), Jakutisch. Kleines erklärendes Wörterbuch des Jakutischen (Sacha-Deutsch), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 124
  6. Borgojakov M. I. Slovarnye materialy po hakasskim dialektam XVIII v. // Dialekty hakasskogo jazyka / Ed. Patachakova D. F. Abakan, 1973, page 113
  7. Rassadin, V. I., (1971), Fonetika i Leksika Tofalarskogo Yazıka, Ulan-Ude, page 71
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