Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/olur-

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 forms

• *ol-or-

Etymology

Causative of *ol- (“to be”) and basically cognate of *ol-tur- (“to sit”).

Verb

*olur-

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

Related terms

• *ol-
• *ol-tur-

Descendants

• Medieval
  • Old Turkic
    • Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰞𐰺 (olur-)
    • Old Uyghur: [script needed] (olur-), [script needed] (olor-)
• Siberian
  • Dolgan: олор (olor)
  • Tuvan: олурар (olurar)
  • Yakut: олор (olor)
  • Western Yugur: [script needed] (olïr-)
• Bulghar
  • Chuvash: лар (lar)

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