Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sārïg

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

Derivation from *sāŕ(ï)- (to become white, yellow)[1] +‎ *-g. Oghur, Khalaj and Turkmen forms point to -/ā/-.

Compared to Proto-Mongolic *sïra (yellow) (Mongolian шар (šar, yellow)) and Proto-Japonic *siro (white) by Altaicists.[2]

Adjective

*sārïg

  1. yellow, white

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Oghur: *si̯arïγ (white, yellow)
    • ? Proto-Mongolic: *sïra
    • Khazar: *šar(ï)?
      • Khazar: *šar(ï)-oγur
        • Ancient Greek: Σαράγουροι (Sarágouroi, Saragurs)
        • Classical Syriac: ܣܪܘܪܓܘܪ (srwrγwr, Saragurs)
        • ? Middle Chinese: 蘇路羯 (suo luoH kɨɐt̚, Sulujie peoples)
      • Khazar: *šar(ï)-kel
        • Russian: Саркел (Sarkel, Sharkel, name of a fortress complex in Southern Russia)
    • Proto-Bulgar: *šar(u)g
      • Old Hungarian: ſaroģ (šārog), ſarga (šārgå)
        • Hungarian: sárga, sárog (dialectal)
      • Danube Bulgar: *?
        • Proto-Slavic: *šarъ (color)
      • Volga Bulgar: *šåru
        • Late Volga Bulgar: *šårï
          • Old Chuvash: šårı̈̆
            • Middle Chuvash: šorı̈̆
              • Anatri Chuvash: шур (šur)
              • Viryal Chuvash: шурӑ (šură), шорӑ (šoră)
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *sārïg

See also

Colors in Proto-Turkic · *boduglar, *bodugsāyïn (layout · text)
     *āk, *ürüŋ      *boŕ, *sūr, *kuba, *čāl, *oń      *kara
             *kïŕïl; *āl              *koŋur, *yạgïŕ              *sārïg, *yẹgren
                          *yāĺïl             
                          *kȫk             
                          *(y)ip-             

References

  1. ^ Tekin, Talât. “Once More Zetacism and Sigmatism.” Central Asiatic Journal, vol. 23, no. 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, 1979, page 129. [1]
  2. ^ Tekin, Talât (1993), Japonca ve Altay Dilleri [Japanese and Altaic languages] (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: Doruk Yayınları, →ISBN, page 82
  • Agyágasi, Klára (2019), Chuvash Historical Phonetics (Turcologica; 117), Wiesbaden: Harrssowitz, pages 210, 225
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “sarığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 848
  • Róna-Tas, András; Berta, Árpád; Károly, László (2011), West Old Turkic: Turkic Loanwords in Hungarian (Turcologica; 84), volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 691-695