Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kūrt

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

The meaning wolf seen exclusively in Oghuz is likely due to taboo speech. Compare Turkmen möjek (“wolf”) from *bȫgček (“insect”).

Noun

*kūrt

1. worm
2. (Oghuz) wolf

Declension

Declension of *kūrt

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*kūrt
Accusative	*kūrtug, *kūrtnï1)
Genitive	*kūrtnuŋ
Dative	*kūrtka
Locative	*kūrtda
Ablative	*kūrtdan
Allative	*kūrtgaru
Instrumental 2)	*kūrtun
Equative 2)	*kūrtča
Similative 2)	*kūrtlayu
Comitative 2)	*kūrtlugu

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

• *kūrt-čuk (“small worm, maggot”)

Descendants

• Oghur:
  • Chuvash: хорт (hort), хурт (hurt)
• Common Turkic:

• Arghu:
  • Khalaj: qûrt
• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: qurd
    • Ottoman Turkish: قورت (kurt), (diminutive) قورتجغز (kurtcağız)
      • Turkish: kurt, (diminutive) kurtçuk
      • Gagauz: курт, kurt
  • Turkmen: gurt, (diminutive) gurçuk
• Karluk:
  • Karakhanid: قُرْتْ (qurt)
    • Uyghur: قۇرۇت (qurut)
    • Uzbek: qurt
• Kipchak:
  • Kypchak-Bulgar:
    • Tatar: корт (qort), qort
    • Bashkir: ҡорт (qort)
  • Kypchak-Nogai:
    • Karakalpak: qurt
    • Kazakh: құрт (qūrt)
  • Kyrgyz–Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: курт (kurt)
  • Kipchak–Cuman:
    • Crimean Tatar: къурт, qurt
    • Karaim: курт
    • Karachay-Balkar: къурт (qurt)
    • Kumyk: хурт (xurt)
  • North Kypchak:
    • Bashkir: ҡорт (qort)
• Siberian:
  • South Siberian:
    • Sayan Turkic:
      • Tofa: ӄуърт
      • Tuvan: курт (kurt)
    • Yenisei:
      • Khakas: хурт (xurt)
      • Western Yugur: қурт

Animals in Turkic
Dog	dog: *ï̄t	Hunting Dog	hunting dog: *eker	Hen	hen: *tiakïgu
Lark	lark: *torgay	Pigeon	dove, pigeon: *kȫkerčin	Quail	quail: *bïldurčïn
Sparrow	sparrow: *serče	Hawk	hawk, falcon: *kïrguy	Goose	goose: *kāŕ
Wolf	wolf: *bȫrü	Cow	cow: *ingek	Calf	calf: *buŕagu
Camel	camel: *tebe	Young Camel	young of camel: *kȫĺek, *botu	Horse	horse: *at
Foal	foal: *kulun	Worm	worm: *kūrt	Snake	snake: *yï̄lan
Fox	fox: *tilkü	goat	goat: *keči	He-goat	he-goat: *teke
Lion	lion: *arsïlan	Fish	fish: *bālïk	Abramis brama	carp bream: *čapak
Donkey	donkey: *eĺčgek	Carp	carp: *siāŕgan	Catfish	catfish: *yāyïn
Beaver	beaver: *kunduŕ	Hedgehog	hedgehog: *kirpi	Badger	badger: *borsmuk
Fly	fly, mosquito: *siŋek	Bee	wasp, bee: *ārï	Gadlfy	gadfly: *bȫgen
Moth	moth: *küńe	Louse	louse: *bït	Earthworm	earthworm: *sïbuĺgan
Yak	yak: *kotuz	Colt	colt: *sïp	Dragon	dragon: *siāŕgan
Worm	worm: *kūrt	Deer	deer: *keyik, *sïgun, *bulan, *bugu	Lizard	lizard: *keleŕ

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2022-08-08) “kurt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kurt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 648
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kūrt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill