Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sǖčig

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

From *sǖči- (“to become sweet, sweeten”) +‎ *-g. In several Turkic languages; such as Old Uyghur and Ottoman Turkish, the word has also another meaning: “wine”. According to Räsänen and Erdal, it is from *sǖt (“milk”) +‎ *-sig.

Compare the similarity with *sǖt (“milk”), see Persian (širin) for the semantic development from “milk” to “sweet”.

Adjective

*sǖčig

sweet
Synonym: *tātlïg

Antonym: *iāčïg
- 735, Bilge Kağan, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲: 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣: 𐰽𐰉𐰃: 𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏: 𐰍𐰃𐰾𐰃: 𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴: 𐰼𐰢𐰾
  t¹b¹ǧč: b¹ud¹n¹: s¹b¹i: s²üčig: ǧis²i: y²imšq: r²ms²
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

*sǖčig

sweet

Declension

Declension of *sǖčig (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural²⁾
nominative	*sǖčig	*sǖčigler
accusative
genitive	*sǖčigniŋ	*sǖčiglerniŋ
dative	*sǖčigke	*sǖčiglerke
locative	*sǖčigde	*sǖčiglerde
ablative	*sǖčigden	*sǖčiglerden
instrumental¹⁾		*sǖčiglerin
equative¹⁾	*sǖčigče	*sǖčiglerče

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

Oghur:
- Volga Bulgar: سجو (sü(ü)çüw)
Common Turkic:

Oghuz:
- West Oghuz:
  - Ottoman Turkish: سوجی (süci, “wine”)
    - Turkish: sücü (“wine”)
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: süýji (“sweet”), süýjimek (“to become sweet,sweeten”)
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: سُوجِكْ (sǖčik), [script needed] (süçi-, “to sweeten”)
  - Uzbek: chuchuk (“sweet; unsalted”)
  - Uyghur: چۈچۈك، سۈچۈك (chüchük, süchük)
Kipchak:
- North Kipchak:
  - Bashkir: сөсө (sösö, “fresh, sweet; unsalted”)
  - Tatar: төче (töçe, “fresh; unsalted”)
- South Kipchak:
  - Kazakh: тұщы (tūşy, “unsalted”)
- East Kipchak:
  - Kyrgyz: чүчү (cücü)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏 (süčig)
- Old Uyghur: [script needed] (süçüg)
- North Siberian:
  - >? Dolgan: үчүгэй (üçügey)
  - >? Yakut: үчүгэй (ücügey)

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 795, 796-797
Erdal, Marcel (1991). Old Turkic Word Formation: A Functional Approach to the Lexicon. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page: 72, 204, 534-535, ISBN:978-3-447-03084-7.
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sǖči-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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